Mfe tn [ GRATIS.] SUNDAY, JANUARY 25, 1863. [ GRATIS.] VICTORIA TURF CLUE SPRING MEETING. [ From BelVs Life in Victoria.] Stewards: Messrs T. Chirnside, E. F. Greene, H. C. Jeffreys, F. C, Standish, and G. Watson. Starter: Mr G. Watson. Judge: Mr J. Henderson. Clerk of the Course: Mr G. Savoury. it is many seasons since any race meeting opened under such brilliant auspices as have attended the present gathering of the Victoria Turf Club. Whether in well arranged programmes, in excellent entries, in more than usual interest attaching to several of the nominations, or in most promising weather, seldom indeed has the metropolitan course offered such a galaxy of attraction. But, when the great event of Australia, the Melbourne Cup, has also been the brilliant gem of an otherwise triumphant coronal, surely the premier racing club of Victoria may justly pride itself on this memorable week. With so rich and popular a feature in the list of events as the second occurrence of the Cup, had the card been but a meagre one, still public patronage would have been assured. In place, however, of a series of paltry prizes, the entry money for which nearly made up the advertised amounts, the Turf Club put forth a liberal and varied bill of fare, and verily they received their reward. Depend upon it, those who undertake to provide for the business as well as the amusement of the Turf, mast now prepare real pieces de resistance as well as kickshaws, to suit the pocket and palate of the supporters of racing. Large annual premiums must be permanently established, and Victoria will become as famed for its Produce Stakes, Melbourne Cup, Australian Cup, and other hoped for items, as is England for its Derby or Chester Cup. We have made a noble commence- ment, for so young an offshoot from the parent stem, and though one of the last and most distant of Albion's progeny, we can proudly boast of having " knocked into a mish'' all the sporting doings of those far older descendants— America, Canada, and India. Why, even our dear old mother herself never gives a richer amount of added money than about 300 sovs ; and yet her young colonies have five times presented the hands ® me sum of gOO sovs, once 1,000 sovs, and at the present moment two more champion races are announced of 1,000 sovs each. That our owners of horses do not object to large sweepstakes, on even preliminary chances, has been fully proved by the large past nominations of 100 sovs ; and there is no reason to doubt, judging from the splendid first entrance, and satisfactory final paying up, for the Melbourne Cup just run off, that a continuance of well calculated events, the main value of which shall be made up from the owners' pockets, will be liberally supported. Without large fields large amounts cannot be raised, nor can legitimate bookmakers lay such odds as shall be worth a man's while to take them. However, this is not the time nor place to do more than have a short canter on our hobby- horse, and so we will leave fancy, and return to facts. As regards the Cup in particular, and the minor events in general, our readers have been pretty amply informed of the in- cidental chances and changes, and so we need not be prolix in our introductory remarks thereanent, For months, the constant cry has been, " Sydney, or the Field !" and, sooth to say, Sydney has had the best of the call. Public and private bookmakers had long been more than full about the N. S. Wales cracks, and thence their prices dwindled down so much that those who wanted to hedge off could not manage to get out of deep water. ' Tis true, some who had overlaid about the lot, had a lift on Wednesday by the scratching of Exeter, and the going amiss of Talleyrand; but Archer still was a veritable bugbear to many. On Wednesday evening, at the drawing of the great £ 500 Derby Sweep at Coker's Victoria Hotel, Mormon, Camden, Colonel, and Musidora, be- came pretty freely fancied amongst the crowded assemblage; but the Sydney pair, up to the last, was never headed. So intense was the interest on the Cup, that very little indeed was done on any other event of the programme, but long shots were taken about naming all the winners the first day, whilst the bookmakers had some double event betting on the hurdle race and steeple chase. A brilliant sun and sky smiled down on the Cup Dajr, and Melbourne assumed the old aspect of busy life we recollect when people had more money and time to waste than at the present more practical and critical moment. Every sporting haunt, long before noon, was crowded with eager folks, each asking each " What news? What's scratched? What's to win?' Beyond, however, the withdrawing of Exeter and Clive on the previous day, and Shadow in the morning, there was nothing more to chat about than Talleyrand's lameness, which was said to be un- important, and whether Archer, Mormon, or Camden was to be the horse. On starting for Flemington, we found the clouds of dust flying, in old Epsom style, from the traffic of conveyances of all sorts ; but, in very few instances, did we notice any particu- larly dashing turn- outs. In fact, except amongst those who still have a hankering after the humours of the road, the rail seems to have " taken the steam out'' of the once freely patronised " jingles.'' The Essendon Railway Company, however, must have done a rare stroke of business, for train after train was crammed with living freight, and the attendance altogether was larger than on any day since the first Champion Race. The club retained the right of collecting the tolls on the hill, and also at the Grand Stand, and a pretty penny must have been received. Every one who went on to the hill seemed prepared to pay his half- crown, but at the last moment the price was reduced to a shil- ling— a very satisfactory change to the public, but a serious loss of revenue to the Turf Club, for which they may thank the agent of the trustees, who squandered £ 7,000 over the improve- ments and alterations of the'course, and who now do all they can to cripple the exertions of the Turf and Jockey Clubs. The Turf Club especially has made great exertions over the present meet- ing to augment the exchequer, and all their efforts have been frustrated by the meddling of others. On reaching thecourse, we found the ground rather hard, but in excellent running order. The change of the start for the Cup, from the old post near the turn home, to the training ground, thus affording a straight half- mile, must be specially noticed as most satisfactory. No fear of a similar accident to last year need now be'felt in future Melbourne Cups. Mr Watson's start for the great event of Thursday was one of the best ever witnessed on the Melbourne course, the whole twenty horses going away like a cavalry regiment in charging line. During the afternoon, his Excellency and party honoured the Grand Stand, and most of our leading citizens were accom- panied by the fairer portion of their families. Stand, hill, and flat, wore an animated appearance, and it was plain to see that Thursday was looked upon as a true Turf fete. All the arrange- ments of the course reflected credit on the officials, and the dif- ferent events of the first day were enthusiastically enjoyed by the large assemblage en the banks of the Saltwater River. The Maic) en Plate, with which the proceedings commenced, in- duced only four to the post, and a very ordinary lotfthey were, albeit Lady Godiva prevented us from taking her measure in consequence of her bucking propensity at the post. The Sydney four year old went quite as he liked, notwithstanding the weight he had to give to the three year olds. Camaralzaman may shape better here- after, but Brenda has no pretensions to measure strides with race horses. Magus, the sire of Stork, is by Pyrrhusthe First, who is the progenitor also of King Alfred, and half- brother to Delapre. Of the six two year olds who appeared on the card to run for their century, one of them, Rose d'Amour, was scratched at 12: 15, thus leaving the prize to the remaining five, and a handsome little lot they were. Devil May Care, however, was much too lusty to race, and Triumph had been purging ever since the previous night, and was weak and fldgetty. Maryborough shaped very much as he had done in the Jockej' Club Saplings, but Impudence, although he has not yet learnt to go straight, is evidently gifted with great pace, and will yet be a terror to those of his year. He has a long, sweeping stride, and must have beaten Aruma had he not rushed inside the rails. As it was, Mr Lang's filly won quite easily, and Anderson, who rode her, thinks that the result would not have been different had Impudence gone on to the finish. The pre- liminary dishes having been disposed of, we come to the Melbourne Cup— that all- absorbing topic which has been the one great event in futuro ever since this time last year. The long- looked for race had come at last, and in less than an hour from the finish of the Two Year Old Stakes, the winner of the Melbourne Cup would be no longer a matter of speculation. Of the forty- four horses who entered for the great race, there were thirty- six acceptances; of this three dozen, twenty- three made good the final payments, and twenty came to the post, a woderfully large proportion of the original nominations, and the greatest number of runners that have ever yet faced a starter's flag in Australia. Considering how freat has been the interest taken in this race ever since the last allarat Races, when the books were opened on it, it is somewhat a matter of wonder that specnlation should have grown so flat towards the all eventful day. But the truth of the matter is this:— There was a good deal of betting on the Cup all through the latter part of last season, whilst the running of Archer and Talleyrand in the Champion Race, and the defeat of most of the Victorian favourites at the Geelong Champion and Jockey Club Meetings, took all confidence out of the Melbournites, who became quite staggered by the prowess of the Sydney pair. The dreaded Archer has again proved a veritable terror, and we cannot console ourselves— as we did over our defeat in the first Cup— that things might have been different but for untoward accidents. It is true that Baroness might have " saved the country'' had she been amongst the field, but we question very much whether all our strength eould have prevented Archer winning for the second time the Melbourne Cup. Now and then the world gives us a great poet; anon a mighty general electrifies his fellow men with his marvellous victories; and, in like man- ner, now and again a wonder in the shape of horseflsh visits the world. Such is the experience in Old England, and so it is in Australia. Years ago Whisker was the great horse of the day ; then followed Jorrocks, Cassandra, Cossack, and Petrel; whilst in our time Mr Duppa's Camden and the three year old Flying Suck stood high " in the blazing scroll of fame." A similar un- approachable position is now held by Archer, at least over any dis- tance up to two miles, and whilst he remains sound in wind and limb no horse in Australia can make him race. We ques- tion whether such a feat as Archer performed last Thursday has ever been surpassed in Australia. In a field of twenty of the very best horses of the day. Archer giving weight to every one of them, he is last at half a mile; at a mile even he only improves his place as regards the beaten- off lot; whilst at a mile and a half he has won the race— having gone through all his competitors whilst they were making the pace a cracker from end to end. The time for the Melbourne Cup this year is the best ( for two miles) by two secsnds, on authentic record, Gaffer Grey having won a two mile handicap in 3min 49sec, and two miles having been run by Mr Duppa's Camden in 3min 46 § sec, on the day of the first Champion Race, but this last performance was doubted even at the time. But enough of generalities; let us now jog on a bit into particulars. The three absentees from the list published last Saturday were Exeter, Clive, and Shadow, the two former being unfit to travel for the Cup, whilst the latter, so it is alleged, got cast in lier box the previous night, and was scratched for everything at ten a. m. By three o'clock the saddling paddock was all alive. There was Colonel with his near fore leg in a band- age, but looking in all other respects as fit as a fiddle. Talleyrand had his off fore leg strapped up, but with his coat shining like satin, and his muscles hard, and his spirit high. Archer looked perfection, and those who invested their money according to appearances, vowed that nothing could beat him. Camden has certainly grown into a very model of a race horse, but we cannot think that he was in condition on Thursday. He had the entire confidence of his stable, who were not far out when they said he must win if the race were not run in 3min 48sec. Mormon was said to be a little stale, but we could not see it, and his performance proved that he was as near the mark as need be. Who could have believed that Archer and Mor- mon would finish just in the same places as they did last year ? Mr Lamb was not very far out when he picked Cedric as the best of his trio, and vowed that it would take a racer to beat him; and little Toryboy ran quite up to his best form last autumn— Robert Hamilton was not very far out after all. The western pair finished in the front rank, and there our observation failed us, though we saw plainly enough thatEbor passed the post before Musidora. Poor Old Flatcatcher was quite outpaced all through, and even Moscow never showed forward. Dun Dolo, with his light weight, was enabled to tear away for more than a mile, but Bray, whom the Ballarat people backed " like fun" up to the start, never had a place from the jump. None of the others did we see after they took their preliminary canters, but, taken as a whole, such a field of fit horses we have never before seen in Melbourne. The description of the running, which we give here- after, is as complete as wf; could get it, but the race, in point of fact, was no race, since Archer won as he liked. There was of course, great consternation in the camp at the result, the Sydney men and a few of the Melbourne- ites looking triumphant, whilst the ring and the majority of the backers of horses seemed terribly blue. The bookmakers have been terribly hit again, although Archer is a better horse for the majority of them than would have been Talleyrand. We hear that the stable has not pulled off much, but two or three of their friends have thrown in for a very good stake. We have not time to write more, nor can we enlarge on the particulars of the jump- ing horses, save that General and Tramp were thrown out by accidents, whilst Forester did not run the horse that his party alleged he would. THURSDAY, Nov 13.— A MAIDEN PLATE of 50 sovs; entrance 3 sovs; one mile and a half. Mr Tait's b h Stork, by Magus, 4 yrs, 9st 51b M'Nulty 1 Mr Brook's ch f Brenda, 3 yrs, 7st 31b T. Waldock 2 Mr Cole's br c Camaralzaman, 3 yrs, 7st 61b W. Perkins 3 Mr CMrnside's br f Lady Godiva, 3 yrs, 7st 31b , . Grlmwooa 0 Betting : Even on Stork, and 2 to 1 agst Brenda. No sooner had \ the flag gone down than Lady Godiva commenced bucking, and at once sent her jockey to grass, Stork going on in front, followed by Camaralzaman and Brenda. At the Old Stand Camaralza- ; man passed the favonrite, and opposite the Abattoirs Brenda fol- lowed suit. Half way down the far stretch, however, Stork came again, and was not headed until he had passed the post, winning easily by eight lengths, Brenda beating Camaralzaman by twelve. Run in 2min 57sec. The Two YEAR OLD STAKES of 100 sovs; entrance 5 sovs; three quarters of a mile. Mr Lang's b f Aruma, by Boiardo, 7st 111b ........ Henderson 1 Mr Lamb's b c Maryborough, 8st Gill 2 Mr Kelsail's b c Triumph, Sst Hutton 3 Mr J. Henderson ns bk c Devil May Care, Sst ... . Monaghan 0 Mr M'Haffic's br c Impudence, 8st Robinson bolt Betting: 2 to 1 agst Aruma, 5 to 2 each agst Impudence and Devil May Care, 3 to 1 agst Triumph, and 5 to I agst Maryborough. After one false start, in which Impudence had some of the steam taken out of him, off went the quintette, the favourite in front, Devil May Care and Triumph next, Maryborough fourth, and Impudence last, having got off badly. Before a quarter of a mile had been traversed, Triumph showed in front, and carried on until he neared the last turn, when the filly again passed him. On reaching the distance Impudence lay down to his work and caught Aruma befdre she arrived at the rails, but the colt, who seemed bent on a bolt, effected his object as soon as he collared the filly, who won easily by three lengths, Maryborough second, Triumph a bad third, and Devil May Care fourth. Run in Imin 26sec. The MELBOURNE CUP of 20 sovs, h ft, or 5 if declared, with 200 added; the winner of the Champion Sweepstakes 51b extra, & c ; value of the stake, 830 sovs; two miles. Mr E. De Mestre's b h Archer, by William Tell, 6 yrs, lust 21b Cutts 1 Mr J. Kelghran's b h Mormon, aged, 9st 121b Simpson 2 Mr J. Henderson ns b h Camden, 4 yrs, Sst 71b Morrison 3 Mr J. Tait's ch g Talleyrand, 6 yrs, 9st 121b f51bex) Ashworth 4 Mr T. J. Bavin's gr g Flatcatcher, aged, 9st 4lb Carter 0 Mr H. C. Jeffreys's ch h Colonel, 5 yrs, 9st Waldock 0 Mr T. J. Bavin's b h Moscow, 5 yrs, Sst 41b Monaghan 0 Mr W. Lang's brh Dauntless, 5 yrs, 8st 21b Henderson 0 Mr J. Wilson's b h Ebor, 4 yrs, 8st lib Bates 0 Mr II. E. Hughes's br m Susan, 5 yrs, Sst Robinson 0 Mr M- Cormick's gr g Toryboy, 5 yrs, 7st 131b . Trainer 0 Mr J. Lamb's b h Paul Pry, 4 yrs, 7st 131b Cousins 0 Mr J. Beynon's b g Bray, aged, 7st 121b Solloway 0 Mr J. Lamb's b g Attila, 7st 121b Gill 0 Mr J. Harper's br m Lady Constance, 4 yrs, 7st 111b W. Perkins 0 Mr J. Lamb's ch g Cedric, 5 vrs, 7st 41b W. Davis 0 Messrs Wood and Kirk's bk g Dun Dolo, 4 yrs, 7st. Waterman 0 Mr J. Wilson'sbrf Musidora, 3 jrs, 6st31b Grimwood 0 Mr Bailiie's br g O. K., 3 vrs, 5st 71b Redman 0 Mr T. Henry's bk c Ithuriel, 3 yrs, Sst 81b Howard 0 LATEST BETTING. 2 to 1 agst Archer 4 to 1 Talleyrand 4 to 1 Mormon 5 to 1 Camden 10 to 1 Musidora 10 to 1 Colonel 10 to 1 agst Mr Lamb's lot 100 to 6 Flatcatcher 100 to 5 Bray 100 to 4 — Lady Constance 100 to 3 Dauntless 100 to 1 Ithuriel At a quarter to four the flag went down to the largest field of horses that ever started in Australia, the start, moreover, being one of the very best that we ever witnessed on the Flemington Course. No horse got off badly, and until they settled into then- places it was quite impossible to assign to any horse a position save that Colonel was in front. The tailing off, however, began in the first quarter of a mile, the pace being tremendous from end to end. The first half mile being along the straight, it was hard to tell how they were until they got to the distance, when we could see Colonel in the front place close to the rails. As tliey passed the Stand the twenty horses presented such a glorious sight as we of Australia never before beheld. There was Colonel tearing along with his sweeping stride, with Dun Dolo right on his quarter ; next came Camden, and then Cedric ; Toryboy, Mor- mon, Flatcatcher, and Talleyrand being the most prominent in the ruck ; whilst Archer was absolutely last by many lengths. The further they went the greater was the gap between Colonel and Dun Dolo, and the ruck that followed, Camden hold- ing a commanding place therein, Cedric also showing towards the front, whilst Archer, even at the Old Stand, seemed quite out of the race. Gradually, however, the favourite passed his oppon- ents, and just before they turned into the back stretch he was at the head of the ruck, the front rank being Cedric, Colonel, Cam- den, and Dun Dolo. Nearer and nearer he approached the lead- ing division, until at last he gained the very foremost place, amidst the triumphant shouts of his backers. In the meantime Colonel and Dun Dolo gave way to Mormon, and whilst the great Sydney horse swept along with his commanding lead, Talleyrand came out of the ruck and joined the front division, which was now composed of Archer, Camden, Cedric, Mormon, and Talley- rand, in that order. The further they went the more certain was it that Archer would never again be caught, for although Mor- mon easily disposed of Cedric and Camden when Simpson set to work on him, he could not lessen the gap which separated him from the long- striding Archer, who came home an easy winner by ten lengths. Mormon beating Camden by four, and Talley- rand securing the fourth place by only a neck; Cedric fifth, Tory- boy sixth, Ebor seventh, and Musidora eighth. Run in 3min 47sec. A HANDICAP HUBDLE RACE of 100 sovs; entrance 5 sovs; twice round the course. Mr Scholes's b g Ballaarat, aged, 9st 71b Martin 1 Mr G. Watson's ch g Souter Johnny, 6 yrs, lOst 41b .. .. Ryan 2 Mr Chirnside's b g General, aged, list 71b Wakefield 0 Mr Bowes's b g Tramp, aged, lOst 71b Harcoan 0 Mr Kelly's b g Forester, aged, lOst 31b Kelly 0 Betting: 3 to 2 agst General, 2 to 1 agst Tramp, 5 to 2 agst Forester, and 5 to 1 agst Ballaarat. Away they went in good order, Ballaarat, General, Tramp, Souter Johnny', and Forester, retain- ing those places for nearly a mile, when General balked and lost his chance. Tramp then took up the running and led past the Stand, followed by Ballaarat and Souter Johnny, Forester lying off many lengths behind. The last- named gradually crept up towards the front horses, and opposite the Abbatoirs he seemed to be overhauling them, but he failed in his object and was not per- severed with. Tramp, in the meantime, went steadily on in front until he reached the last fence, when he unfortunately fell, and thus gave the race to Ballaarat, who won by several lengths, Souter Johnny second. The rider of General entered a protest against Martin for jostling him at the fence where his horse balked, but the stewards decided that nothing urrfair had occurred. FRIDAY.— Just as Thursday was a day " fit for the gods," so Friday was a day for the people of the infernal re- gions. During the morning the atmosphere was unbearably oppressive, while the dust was flying in all directions. About mid- day, however, the rain came on, and for an hour at least it poured down in right earnest. Luckily, it was not the Cup day, and that was the only consolation that one had. During the morning, at Kirk's Bazaar, it was announced that Sweetlips, Im- pudence, Pilgrim, Sir James, and Flying Buck would not show out that day, and even the most regular attendants at the Mel- bourne race meetings seemed undecided as to whether they should venture or not. The result of their cogitations was that many remained in town, in fact we never saw the Melbourne Race Course more deserted. Arrived on the convincingground, we beheld a scene of desolation. Every booth, but one fucky one on the hill, was " blown to smithereens." The rain was still de- scending, and there was no prospect of enjoying the sport, except under the most extreme difficulty. However, towards the close of the afternoon the weather cleared up, and there is every prospect of glorious sunshine to morrow. The programme also is rich and varied, and, doubtless, a great afternoon's racing is in store for us. Neither of the Syduey horses feeling disposed to face the elements, the Town Plate was walked over for by Modesty, and Barwon remaining in his stable, also on account of the weather, Malabar was enabled to appropriate the Victoria stakes, neither the Nun nor Musidora having it in them to put him on his met- tle. Of the eleven entries on the card for the Metropolitan, only five were on the course, and of these Falcon was established favourite at odds against the field. He won the race pretty much as he liked, though had Grey Dawn been as fit as he, she would have pushed him along to the finish. Baronet was in no condi- tion to race, whilst Dun Dolo shared worse than in the Cup. The Selling Stakes, one mile, fell, as a matter of course, to Victoria, who has always shown great pace over that distance; and the Hurdle Race was an equally easy job for Buck. So ended the worst day's racing we ever witnessed on the Flemington Course. The TOWN PLATE of 100 sovs ; entrance 10 sovs; two miles. « Mr M'Haffie's b f Modesty, by Touch- stone, 3 yrs, 6st lllb Howard walked over The VICTORIA STAKES of 10 sovs each, with 100 added, for three year olds; entrance 5 sovJJ one mile and a half. Mr W. Treacey's b c Malabar, by Indian Warrior, 83t 101b Treacey 1 Mr J. Wilson's br f Musidora, 8st 71b Bates 2 Mr H. Howell'sbf Tho Nun, 8st 71b Waldock 3 Betting: Even on Musidora, 3 to 2 agst The Nun, and 5 to 2 agst Malabar. Malabar went away with the lead, followed by The Nun and Musidora, and in that order they travelled for half a mile, when The Nun retired to the rear, beaten. Musidora then challenged the colt, and coming down the far stretch she headed him, but on rounding into the straight, Malabar again showed in front, and, keeping the lead to the finish, won easily by two lengths, Musidora beating The Nun by six. Run in 2min 57sec. The METROPOLITAN CUP ( Handicap) of 100 sovs; entrance 5 sovs; one mile and a half. Mr J. Henderson ns ch g Falcon, by Warhawk, 5yrs, Sst 91b .. Morrison 1 Messrs Wood and Kirk's bk g Dun Dolo, 4 yrs, 7st. Waterman 2 Mr Wilson's b h Ebor, 4 yrs, 8st 21b Bates 3 Mr Chirnside's gr g Baronet, aged, Sst 31b Bardwell 0 Mr Turner's b m Grey Dawn, 5 yrs, 7st Sib Cousins 0 Betting : 3 to 2 on Falcon, and 3 to 1 each agst Dun Dolo and Grey Dawn. The favourite went off in front, followed by Ebor arid" Baronet, but the latter at once gave way to Grey Dawn, Ebor keeping in the second place to the Old Stand, where Grey Dawn passed him. The mare then challenged Falcon, and for nearly half a mile she kept him at his top speed, the two going along stride and stride, but on rounding the turn Grey Dawn was beaten and was passed by Dun Dolo. The black colt tried hard to catch the chesnut, but could not succeed in his object, Falcon winning easily by three lengths, Ebor four lengths behind Dun Dolo, and Grey Dawn the same distance behind Ebor ; Baronet nowhere. Run in 2min 51fsec. The SELLING STAKES of 50 sovs; entrance 3 sovs; one mile. Mr Keighran's ch m Victoria, by Touchit, 4 yrs, 8st 41b ( 70 sovs) Robinson 1 Mr Lascelles's b g Conrad, 5 yrs, Sst 41b ( 50) Waldock 2 Mr Lamb's bk g Darkie, 4 yrs, Sst 41b ( 70) Gill 0 Betting : 2 to 1 on Victoria, and 3 to 1 agst Darkie. Conrad jumped off with the lead, but resigned at once in favour of Victoria, who was again repassed by the bay before entering the back stretch, along which Victoria waited on Conrad, but she came away from him at the distance, and won easily by two lengths; Darkie six lengths behind Conrad. Run in lmin 57sec. The winner was bought in at the upset price. The SELLING HURDLE RACE of 50 sovs; entrance 3 sovs; welter weights; the winner sold, & c; two miles. Mr G.' Watson's b g Buck, aged, lOst ( 60 sovs) Bardwell 1 Mr Cole's b g Orphan, aged lOst ( 50) West 2 Mr Bowes's b g Deerfoot, aged, list ( 80) Brown 0 Mr Harper's b g » Wee Mickey, 6 yrs, lOst ( 60) Keating 0 Betting: Even on Buck. The favourite made play from the jump, followed by Orphan and Wee Mickey; and in these po- sitions they bore down to the jump in front of the Stand, over which Buck and Orphan were side by side, Deerfoot being already out of the race. Another quarter of a mile was disposed of, and then Orphan and Buck balked at the same jump, and Wee Mickey coming up soon after, followed their example. The favourite, however, was first over, and was not again approached, although Orphan wefft on to the end, Buck winning by ten lengths ; the others nowhere. The winner was bought in at the upset price. SATURDAY.— After such an unpropitious day for sport as we had on the Friday it was indeed a matter of congratulation to be- hold a clear sky and to enjoy the balmy breeze of Saturday. All the pent up wrath of the clerk of the weather had been expended on the Friday ; the next day he smiled graciously that he might be forgiven for his past misconduct. In addition to the glorious day, there was a great programme on paper, and, although the sport did not come up to expectation, blame could be laid at no one's door, because race after race was run off with by the favou- rites, It was, indeed, a rare day for the backers of horses, and the Ring must have got even further into the mire than the Cup sent them. During Friday evening and Saturday morning long odds were laid by the bookmakers against naming all the win- ners, and so " clever" were the pickers of the horses that heavy sums must have been dropped by the Ring in consequence. Al- though the attendance on the Saturday did not quite reach that of the Cup Day, there was a goodly array " both on the Grand Stand and hill, whilst along the rails, and during the steeple chase espe- cially, the " lower ten" mustered in strong force. The booth- holders must have done a good afternoon's work, and doubtless made up for the previous day's short takings. In the Grand Stand there was no lack of ladies, whilst in the carriage reserve might be seen several drags of more or less pretensions. As on the Cup Day, so on the Sa- turday punctuality was strictly adhered to, the steeple chasers having gone across to the starting- post soon after half- past one. Forester, after his wretched performance in the Hurdle Race, was scratched for the steeple chase, but all the horses coloured entered an appearance, Donovan Brown as usual heading the list of fa- vourites. Birthday was next in demand, and he certainly looked a very different horse from when he met Donovan Brown at Gee- long. General was known to be a rogue at heavy work, whilst Souter Johnny and Ballaarat were backed only by a select few, though the latter, with his light weight, proved that he had been held too cheap. The race was a very hollow affair after the first mile, for all, save the favourite, having balked during the early part of the journey, Donovan could not help landing the money. The All- aged Stakes introduced Archer to the Saturday folks- three of the original half score, Talleyrand, Moscow, and Mo- desty being scratched during the morning. So great was the confidence in Archer to beat what he liked under any weight and over any distance, that his partisans laid as much as 4 to 1 on him, although he was opposed by Falcon and Barwon, and the best of the two year olds under feather weights. I'he favourite, however, could not be made to gallop, and he won the fastest mile race we have yet had in a canter; how fast he could have gone had he been pushed it yet remains to be seen. It looked almost ludicrous to see Archer cantering along in front of the fastest of our horses, all of them at their top speed. The three mile handicap, once the gem of the Turf Club Meeting, fell sadly off from its wonted form, though it promised to be a great race when the entries were made. But Archer and Talley- rand were scratched, because, forsooth, they were called upon to give Mormon half a stone; whilst Exeter, as is well known, went amiss; Flatcatcher was not quite up to time, and Ebor had shown in the Melbourne and Metropolitan Cups that he had no show by the side of Mormon under 9st 81b. Barwon having selected to tackle Archer in the mile race, did not contest the long journey, though he went to the post, but that was only to save a fine for non scratching in time. As was expected Mormon had the race in hand all the way, Flying Buck pulling up quite lame, and Daunt- less not persevering to the finish. Mr Leirsch's Prince was second. Flying Buck and Dauntless having fallen back to him in the last mile of the three. For the Melbourne Stakes there was again a hot favourite in Modesty, although the Sydney division had great hopes in Stork. Five of the fourteen whose names appeared on the card were scratched for this race during the morning, leaving nine to face the starter's flag. Barring Modesty and Stork, nothing, however, was backed but Paul Pry and Victoria, the former especially having a few friends. The race was all between the' favourite and Paul Pry — Mr Lamb getting, as usual, the empty honour of a place, whilst the Sydney four year old was nowhere. O. K. ran a good horse for this race, and astonished everybody but his owner and trainer. The Con- solation was the only surprise during the day, the much- despised Ithuriel cutting down Toryboy over his favourite distance, much to the gratification of the majority of the public, who were glad to see Mr Henry win another race, even though it were a Consola- tion Stakes. A two year old match, for which Devil May Care walked over, concluded the day's racing, soon after five o'clock. A HANDICAP STEEPLE CHASE of 100 sovs; entrance 5 sovs; about three miles. Mr Kelly's b g Donovan Brown, aged, 11 st 71b Kelly 1 Mr Schole's b g Ballaarat, aged, 9st ( car 9st 41b) Martin 2 Mr Bowes's b g Birthday, aged, list Harcoan 3 Mr Chirnside's b g General, aged, lost 71b Wakefield 0 Mr G. Watson's ch g Souter Johnny, 6 yrs, 9st 121b Ryan 0 Betting: 5 to 4 agst Donovan Brown, 2 to 1 agst Birthday, 3 to 1 agst General, and 4 to 1 agst Souter Johnny and Ballaai- at. The lot went away in good order, but before half a mile of the journey had been disposed of, the General, who was leading, balked, and so gave tne front place to Souter Johnny; Birthday second, Ballaarat third, and Donovan Brown last. Ballaarat passed Birthday at the jump near the distance, and then the water jump in front of the Stand had to be encountered. Here Souter J ohnny declined the honour, and his example was followed by Ballaarat and Birth- day, but Donovan Brown, coming along a few lengths behind, was over " like a bird," and was clear of the next leap— the log fence— before the others had jumped the brook. At tlie log fence Ballaarat and Birthday again balked, and by this time the fa- vourite had got so far ahead that nothing but an accident could lose him the race. Kelly kept him going at a steady pace, waiting for his pursuers, but nothing save Ballaarat again approached him ; Donovan Brown winning in a canter by three lengths. Birthday came home third, but Souter Johnny [ and General did not go round. The ALL- AGED STAKES of 100 sovs; entrance 5 sovs; one mile. Mr De Mestre's b h Archer, by William Tell, 6 yrs, 10st4ib Cutts 1 Mr Henderson ns ch g Falcon, 5 yrs, 9st lllb ...... Morrison 2 Mr Harper's b c Barwon, 3 yrs, 7st 121b W, Perkins 3 Messrs Wood and Kirk's bk g Dun Dolo, 4 yrs, 9st 41b.. Jarrett 0 Mr Brook's ch f Brenda, 3 yrs, 7st 91b Cousins 0 Mr M'Haffle's br c Impudence, 2 yrs, 5st 41b ( carried Sst 131b) Howard 0 Mr Lang's b f Aruma, 2 yrs. 5st lib H. Dore 0 Betting: 4 to 1 on Archer, 7 to 1 agst Falcon, and 10 to 1 agst Aruma. The flag went down to a good start, though Archer, as usual, showed no disposition to go away from the jump, Dun Dolo making the pace for a couple of hundred yards, followed by Falcon. Impudence then carried on the running for a quarter of a mile, but by this time Archer had settled into his stride, and was through his horses like a shot out of a gun, Falcon leading the ruck, as soon as Archer got clear of them. The favourite then went on at his own pace, and though the others lay down to their work, they could not get Archer out of a canter, the winner of the Cup running in first by six lengths, Falcon second, Barwon third, Impudence fourth, Aruma fifth, Dun Dolo sixth, and Brenda last. Run in lmin oOsec. The VICTORIA TURF CLUB GREAT HANDICAP of 10 sovs each, with 110 added; entrance 5 sovs; the winner of the Melbourne Cup 51b extra; three miles. Mr P. J. Keighran's b h Mormon, by The Premier, aged, 9st 81b Simpson I Mr J. Leirsch's b g Prince, aged, 7st 81b Waterman 2 Mr T. Baviu's bg Flying Buck, 6 yrs, 7st 91b ( carried 7stl21b) Bardwell 3 Mr W. Lang's br h Dauntless, 5 yrs, 7st » 71b Tyrell 0 Mr J. Harper's b c Barwon, 3 yrs, 6st 71b ( carried 7stSlb) W. Perkins 0 Mr T. Bavin's gr g Flatcatcher, aged, 8st 131b dr Mr De Mestre's ch h Exeter, 4 yrs, Sst nib dr Mr J. Wilson's b h Ebor, 4 yrs, 7st 131b dr Betting : 3 to 1 on Mormon. Barwon went to the post only to save the fine for non scratching in time. As soon as the flag went down The Flying Buck raced away at a great pace, Mormon fol- lowing close in his wake, lest he get too far ahead. For a mile Flying Buck cut out the work, but Mormon then " had" him, the pace up to this time being so great that Dauntless and Prince were left any distance in the rear. Passing the Stand the first time round, Mormon was about three lengths in front of the once invincible Buck, but the further they went the greater was the gap between them, until opposite the Abattoirs, Mormon slackened his pace, and Flying Buck was beaten. In the meantime Prince had passed Dauntless, and coming down the far stretch he overhauled the Buck, but he could not catch Mormon, who won quite easily by three lengths ; Flying Buck four lengths behind Prince, and Dauntless nowhere. Run in 5min 53sec. The MELBOURNE STAKES ( Handicap) of 100sovs; entrance5sovs; for three and four year olds; two miles Mr M'Haffie's b f Modesty, by Touchstone, 3 yrs, 7st.. Howard 1 Mr Lamb's b h Paul Pry, 4 yrs, Sst 101b Gill 2 Mr Baillle's br g O. K, 3 yrs, 6st 4ib Redman 3 Mr Harper's br m Lad v Constance, 4 yrs, 8st 71b .... Waldock 0 Mr Tait's b h Stork, 4 yrs, 8st M'Nulty 0 Mr Keighran's ch m Victoria, 4 yrs, 7st 81b Tyrell 0 Mr Howell's b f The Nun, 3 yrs, 6st 41b T. Waldock 0 Mr Chirnside's b f Lady Godiva, 3 yrs, Cst 41b H. Dore 0 Mr T. Henry's bk c Ithuriel, 3 yrs, 5st 71b Blackboy 0 Betting: Even on Modesty, 2 to 1 agst Stork, 4 to 1 agst Paul Pry, and 5 to 1 agst Victoria. The favourite jumped off with the lead, followed by Paul Pry and Lady Con- stance, and in this order they raced past the Grand Stand, followed by Victoria, O. K., and The Nun, Stork being almost last, and Ithuriel having bolted inside the course soon after the start. As soon as the first turn was rounded, Victoria ran into the second place, but after passing the Old Stand, she again gave way to Paul Pry and O. K, Modesty still in posses- sion of the lead, and going along at her own pace. Coming down the back stretch O. K. was nearly on to Paul Pry, but at the turn home he fell off again, and left the race to the leading pair, the filly leading by a length and a half, O. K. third, Victoria fourth, the others nowhere. Run in 3min 51sec. The CONSOLATION ( Selling) STAKES of 50 sovs; entrance 3 sovs: weights same as Maiden Plate: selling conditions same as Selling Stakes; post entry; one mile and a half. Mr T. Henry's bk c Ithuriel, by . Touchit, 3yrs, 6st21b.. Howard I Mr M'Cormick's gr g Toryboy, 5 yrs, Sst 2ib Cousins 2 Mr Lascelle's b g Conrad, S yrs, 7st 91b W. Perkins 0 Mr Lamb's bk g Darkey, 4 yrs, 7st 9ib Davis 0 Betting: 3 to 1 on Toryboy. Conrad cut out the work for half a mile, followed by Toryboy, Ithuriel, and Darkey. The bay then cried " enough,'' and was passed by Toryboy and Ithuriel, the black colt gaining the lead before coming into the straight, and winning by a length and a half; Toryboy second, the others nowhere. Run in 2min 55sec. The winner was bought in for 56 sovs. MATCH 50; three quarters of a mile. Mr M'Haffie's bk c Devil May Car*, by Dolo, 2yrs, Sst ... Bateman walked fever Mr Kidd's br c by Touchstone— Lnbra, 2yrs, 8st.. paid VERMONT BOY, THE IMPORTED TROTTING STALLION. [ From Bell s Life in Victoria.] The first arrival in Australia of an entire, expressly chosen from one of the most famous breeding establishments of " fast steppers" in America, must be regarded with great interest by the many who have taken such interest in this class of animal as to have successfully founded annual trotting races in Victoria. We have paid a visit to Vermont Boy, at his present quarters, the New York stables, and must express ourselves, as do all who have examined him, highly pleased with the animal. Though not large, he is remarkably powerful and compact, and may be thus described:— Nostrils large, Arab head and crest, wide gullet, long rein, short back, wide rib, round barrel, good girth, power- ful and rather sloping quarters, a remarkable conformation of hind legs that gives an idea of the hind feet necessarily being advanced beyond the fore at even a walk, and the general appearance being " all over a trotter." In fact, as our American cousins have for years taken the same pains in breeding for trotting points, as we have done for galloping, and Vermont Boy springs from choice parentage on the side of both sire and dam, it is really an object worth studying to examine his peculiar anatomical development. In colour he is a rich brown, his height about 15 hands 2 inches, and age 5 years. His progenitor, Black Hawk, made some wonderful performances in harness, and the own brother of Vermont Boy, a year older, and named Royal Allen, at his first appearance last year, in a double harness match, won the best three out of five in the surprising time of 2min 293ec, 2min 27fsec, and 2min 25 § sec. Although 142 days on his passage to this colony, the horse is fresh, healthy, and in good flesh, though of course his muscles are not fully up. We took the trouble to measure his points, and some of them are so surprising that we give them in full. Girth, 5ft 8iu ; wither to knee, 3ft 9| in ; round the forearm, 1ft 7in ; cannon bone, 8in ; round muscle of thigh, lft 6| in; hip to hough, 3ft 4in; width of gullet, 4| in. He is at the service of mares, and the pedi- gree furnished by his owners is aristocratic indeed, for, though a trotter, he traces directly up to the world- famed Eclipse and the Godolphin Arabian. Vermont Boy only performed in private trials in America, but they were so satisfactory that he was highly fancied in his own state, and his maiden appearance here will greatly add to the excitement of our next Annual Trot. DANGEROUS STATE OF THE GRAND JUNCTION CANAL AT PAD- DIN GTON.— At a meeting of the Paddington vestry, held at the Ves- try Hail, Harrow- road, on Wednesday, under the presidency of the Rev Canon Boyd, the Sanitary and PublicHealth Committee called the special attention of the vestry to the foul state of the Grand Junction Canal basin, in that parish, which, if not cleansed before the warm weather sets in, would be likely to seriously endanger the public health. It appeared from a discussion that ensued that on the I8th ult the vestry directed Dr Sanderson, the medical officer of health, to confer with the company, to induce them to fulfil their former promise to cleanse the basin during the winter season. The result of the conference was that the chairman and secretary declined to go to any expense in the matter. Since then further requests were made, but the company simply let off the water and refilled the basin immediately without cleansing. The meeting unanimously resolved, on the motion of the Rev Dr Burns, to give formal notice to the company that the vestry would take legal proceedings against them to remove the dangerous nuisance, unless the basin was properly cleansed during the cold weather. ONE GAMEKEEPER SHOT BY ANOTHER.— A shocking affair took place on Saturday week, on the estate of Sir Thomas Whichcote, Bart, Ashwarby, near Sleaford. The head and under gamekeepers were out rabbit shooting, the former taking the line of the hedge and the latter occupying a position in the field some distance away. Suddenly a rabbit started from the hedge bottom and the head keeper fired, killing it instantly. Some of the shot struck the root of a tree, and one, glancing off at an obtuse angle, entered the eye of the under keeper, penetrated the brain, and killed him on the spot. An inquest on the body of the poor fellow has just been held, and a verdict in accordance With the above facts was returned,— Manchester Examiner, PISCATORIAL RECOLLECTIONS OF 1882, AND ANTICIPATIONS OF 1863. " ' Tis done ! dread Winter spreads his latest gloom, And reigns tremendous o'er the conquered year; How dead the vegetable kingdom lies 1 How dumb the tuneful 1" The salmon and trout fisher's thoughts will now naturally be retrospective and anticipative; but this portion of the angling community form but a small party in comparison to the host of piscators who even at this inclement season throng our river banks in pursuit of grayling, pike, perch, roach, and other coarse fish. I would, before giving a few hints on the fishing for the present month, just remind my readers of some observations I made in a former " Note," with regard to a comparison between the plea- sures of bottom- fishing at this season, and the inside of a " serum- tious'' little room, a pleasant, companion, a jolly lire, a pipe, and the et ceteras. " There's a time for all things," my friend tells me, and he perfectly agrees with the verdict given by a jury some time past, on an angler found dead from cold on the banks of a river. " I believe you said, sir," the foreman observed, " there was not any spirit flask found on the deceased ?'' " No, sir; the man was a teetotaller." " Well, then, the verdict of the jury is, that it sarved him right." One may, however, enjoy an hour or two at the river side spinning for pike, even now, if well fortified within and without . The waters in general at this season are turbid, and it is best to use a large bait; a good sized dace is about the best, but I have used a large smelt or fresh herring with success. They are often more easily got than dace or gudgeon, and are not a bit too big. If you cannot get dace, gudgeon, or other bait, the tail of an eel is an excellent enticer for large fish. You will kill more pike and larger at this season with live bait than any other way of fishing. It is cold work, little exercise, and if you are not careful you may find your spirit flask very soon empty. You must use large baits ; a good sized roach is about the most in- viting dish you can offer Master Jack. Grayling will now take the fly well, particularly during such very mild weather as we have had of late. Should the day be warm you may commence about two o'clock and fish until three. If a little frosty in the morning begin about twelve. Grayling will rise better during a bright sun than when the day is dull and cold. Duns and blues, with a turn or two of silver twist at the tag, are good killers now. Fish deep, sink your fly some inches under water, and don't pull it up against the stream, but let it float down, and when you feel a tug strike smartly, but not wickedly, or, as your tackle must be very fine, you may leave a good fly in a two- pounder— an event which is not unlikely to lead to unparliamentary language; and I have even seen the crown of a hat kicked out. Perch feed well now. The best bait at this season is the live minnow; these are not easy to procure, but they may be found in still deeps, chiefly in small streams, from which you can take them with a casting or minnow net. Roach are in fine condition; they will take the red worm, which you will find in dung- heaps, dig deep ; roach will also take paste well, the best paste is made of plain white bread. The roach hook should be small and short in the shank, and whipped on good horse- hair. I have a roach- line, which was presented to me, made of single horse- hair; it is near eight yards long, and is made with three lengths of horse- hair, each length about two and a half feet. I have killed roach of very large size with it, and I think it strong enough to kill a four pound trout. I once saw some horse- hair owned by an old Scotch salmon fisher, with which he said he had killed salmon, and I can easily believe him, it was as strong as most salmon- gut. Horse- hair is wonderfully elastic, and will not break with a sudden jerk so easily as gut. A friend of mine, an excellent fisherman, always ties his flies on single horse- hair when fishing in Devon, Wales, or rivers where the trout do not in general average over a quarter of a pound. He uses very small flies, and I know no one more successful; but sometimes he gets hold of a " socdologer," and then, if he happens to be in a bit of water where he cannot play his fisli, he is done; when such a catas- trophe takes place, I give my horsehair- loving friend a wide berth for some time. The strongest and best horsehair will be found in the tails of stallions; strong, thick hair in heavy, course bred cart horses, fine hair in the tails of thorough breds. These said thorough breds have a very playful way of insinuating their heels into the ribs of any one inter- fering with their ornamental extremities. I would, there- fore, recommend my angling friends who wish to procure good horsehair to send an order to Mr Farlow, in the Strand, or any of the many good tackle shops in the metropolis; they will find it cheaper than the doctor's bill for mending sundry ribs. Having given my readers some hints respecting fishing during the present month, I propose to say a few words with regard to the past, and my anticipations of the approaching season. During the early part of last fishing season the weather was so cold, and the floods so high, that the trout fishing was about the worst known for years; and even when the weather and water appeared favourable, the fish did not feed on the surface well. This may be accounted for by the great scarcity of surface food. I do not recollect any season when I have noticed so few flies on land or water. I have been out days when hardly a fly could be seen, and it was seldom that any quantity of fly was on the water. I cannot well account for this. The winter of 1861- 1862 was com- paratively mild, and though the spring of 1862 was cold and wet, and there was little sun to bring to life the various water insects, yet I have seen many winters of greater severity, and springs quite as cold and wet, when the fly has been in abundance. It was not only flies that were scarce, but grubs and insects of all sorts, both land and water. Worms were so scarce in some places that I have known a shilling given for half a dozen lob worms fit for salmon fishing, and this in a place where at any other time the same money, would have bought a sufficient supply for a month's fishing. A friend of mine, who is a great entomologist, told me he never recounted such a scarcity of butterflies and moths. I examined the beds of several trout streams, and found most of them almost barren of the usual water nymph ® and larva, or the grubs, from which the different varieties of water flies are hatched. One would have supposed that the scarcity of food would make the fish eager for any bait thrown to them, but, certainly, this was not the case. In some rivers, particularly in Wales, during the winter of 1861 and spring of 1862, the floods were higher than they have been known for a century. These floods did very great injury to the spawning beds of both trout and salmon; and they might, I think, also have buried and swept away great quantities of grubs and water larva. Vast masses of gravel were carried up into the meadows, and, when the waters subsided, left high and dry. No doubt this gravel contained immense quantities of larva, which was destroyed. In many rivers the beds of the stream were entirely altered. Where shallows had been deep pools were formed, and deep pools were filled in with thousands of tons of gravel, and shallows formed. All this could not take place with- out great destruction to both the spawning beds, and to the bottom food of fish. With regard to salmon fishing during last season, the spring fishing was not good, on account of the high floods, but as soon as the weather became more genial, the salmon fishers discovered that there had not been for years so fine a run of fish, and the sport continued excellent until all the rivers were closed. This great increase of salmon in our rivers is a proof of the success which has attended the late Salmon Fishery Act. But although, no doubt, this great increase of salmon in our rivers was owing to the excellence of the provisions of the new law, and the vigour by which it has been carried out, yet I believe we also owe much to the breeding season bf the previous years. There certainly were a greater number of salmon on the coast, and the sea fishermen reaped a richer harvest than they have done far a length of time. This could not have been caused by the late act, which was only passed in August, 1861, for though, by the removal of impediments, the salmon were permitted to run up the river in greater quantities than have been seen for years, and fish were seen where they had for years been strangers, yet the law had not been in force sufficiently long to increase the number of fish. The salmon which were in our rivers and on our coast last year must have been, the very youngest of them, nearly two years old, and the greater part of them from three to five, and all these fish must have been bred previous to the passing of the act passed August 6, 1861, which act did not come into operation until October the same year. The young of salmon breeding in October, 1861, would remain in the river about fourteen months, and go down to the sea in the spring of 1863. I think, therefore, the breeding season of the years ' 58 and ' 59 must have been particularly productive. That the rivers are now full of large spawning fish we owe entirely to the new act. The largest spawning fish run up late in the season, and it is a great desideratum that the largest fish should get up to the spawn- beds, as the young of large fish have the inherent power ef grow- ing larger than the young of grilse, or small salmon. By the vigour which the magistrates and various associations have carried eut the Fishery Act, obstructions have been withdrawn, anS net- ting at the mouths and lower parts of the rivers in a great degree put an end to; by these means the large spawners, which used to be killed by net men late in the year, are now per- mitted to run up. The weather and the state of the waters have been most favourable all the spawning season, and I think the rivers will be so stocked that we may anticipate a more plentiful supply of salmon in the course of two or three years— when the ova now deposited will have come to maturity— than has been seen for a century. If the present law continues to be carried out with vigour, and I firmly believe it will, as the at- tention of the public has been very strongly turned towards our river fisheries, our waters will very soon regain their natural state of productiveness, which has been destroyed by man. But cannot we still further increase the productiveness of our waters? We cultivate and every year increase the productiveness of our land. Why not cultivate and increase the productiveness of our waters ? The cultivation of fish is a subject almost new to the people of this country, but it is a subject that is every day becomingrmore in- teresting, and I have received several letters from correspondents, requesting me to give them information on the subject of arti- ficial breeding of fish. A very comprehensive and ably- written work on this subject has very lately been published by Mr F. Francis; it is styled - FishCulture, and I would refer my corre- spondents to this book, which will give them every necessary in- formation with regard to the means used for artificial breeding of many kinds of fish, and a vast fund of information on both river, lake, and sea fishing. The cultivation and artificial breeding of fish is a subject on which people in this coun- try are profoundly ignorant; and if you speak to any one on the subject, even those who take an interest in it will tell you that there is so much trouble and expense attend- ing the process, that they are not inclined to make the experiment. Now, the fact is, there is nothing much more simple than the process of artificial hatching of salmon ova, or the ova of any fresh- water fish. To watch the growth of the fish in the ova is a most interesting spectacle; and I expect, when the subject is more fully understood, that the artificial breeding of fish will be as common as hatching fowls. The beginning of next month will open the salmon rivers of England and Wales, rod fishing on the Tweed, and in Ireland, Ballina and Ballyshannon, and some other rivers; and I anticipate fine sport for the rods; but let me urge the angler to spare the gaff at the early part of the season. Kelts will be in great abundance in most of the rivers, and should be saved if possible; in fact, it is unlawful to " wil- fully take any unclean or unseasonable salmon," and a fish that has only just spawned, and is poor and out of condition, is most certainly an " unclean and unseasonable" fish. It is bad policy to take these poor fish as well as unsportsmanlike; for if you let them go to the sea, they will return in two or three months in splendid condition— a prize worthy your skill. The very mild weather we have had this winter will bring the trout in condition very early, and I look forward to a much better season than that which has passed, if not better than we have seen for some time. I think there is a very fair stock of trout in most rivers which have not been poached. Few fish were taken last year, and we have had now two good breeding seasons following. The mild weather also will be beneficial in the production of every species and variety of ephemeridae, and when there is a good supply of surface food the fly- fisher ought to reap a rich harvest, though an old friend of mine, a capital fisherman, always uses most naughty language when he sees a great quantity of fly on the water, and the fish feeding greedily, particularly when they are at work with that little rascal, the black gnat. However, I always fancy, if fish are on the feed, we ought to be able to kill them; if we do not, it is on account of our want of skill. If you are a salmon fisher it is time you were looking to your rods, if you have not done so already. When the season commences it will be rather disgusting to find your rod wants repairing ; ferrules are loose, or the splices want new whipping, or you want a new top or two, and the rod newly varnished. All these things take time, and it is better to " take Time by the forelock" than be pulling your own " forelock" uselessly when the season opens, and you find your rods out of repair, your friends killing spring salmon or trout, and you, poor wretch, " waiting for your rods." Look over your flies ; repair old salmon flies; discard all those with suspicious or worn loops, and test well the whipping which attaches the gut loop to the hook, lest some day, when, after much tribulation and trouble, much anxious anticipation, and scientific casting, iyou suc- ceed in raising a magnificent twenty- pounder, you strike ; for an instant you feel him, and, oh, how the heart sinks, and the cold dew bursts from your forehead*! your line comes home slack, you see the fly still on your cast— the hook I Where's the hook ?— why, fast in the jaw of the twenty- pounder, for the old whipping has become dry, and the loop lias drawn 1 It's no use kicking the crown out of your poor old wideawake; and if you happen to have a sensible dog with you he's certain to give you a clear berth for some time; but there's that boy who stands gaping at your war- dance ! A friend once asked me to get him some person to carry his basket and gaff; I sent him a fine strong young fellow, a capital fishing guide. To my surprise my friend rejected this useful man, and took with him a worthless little shrimp. We met on the river, and I asked him why he had sent away a really useful fellow, and taken a little snob not worth his salt"? " Well, you see, my dear fellow, fact is, when I lose a fish, get hung up, or break my tackle, I'm apt to get into a bit of a rage, and I've discovered the greatest luxury, under such circumstances, is kick- ing your ' slavey;' I always look out for a little one; ' tother chap was rather over- sized,''— Yours, & c, FIN. FISHING QUARTERS ABROAD.-*^, iv. From Gosau a cross road leads over the Pass Geschutt to Abte- nau, some 14 miles. But t'ne less direct way over the Z wiesel Alp is greatly to be preferred by one on foot. This is a hill some 2,000ft higher than Gosau, and to be seen from it standing in front of the west end of the Donnerkugel, It is about three hours and a half's walk through roughish places to the top, and about three more on to Abtenau. The view is inferior to the Schatberg's in one point, the broad expanse of blue water washing that moun- tain's base being feere wanting On the other hand the mountain distance is still finer, embracing as it does the giants of the central granitic range, the highest mountains in all Germany, pre- sided over by the Gross Glockuer, 12,950ft; due north of him is the Wiesbachhorn, 12,050ft; west again the Venediger Spitze, 12,620ft. The Dachstein's great fields of glacier are admirably mapped out from here, and the three little gems of the Gosau lakes lie like blue dots of water spilled out of the giant's basin. Abtenau is a very retired place in a pastoral valley, some 2,500ft above the sea. The fine peaks to the south are part of the Tannen- Gebirg, the most conspicuous range in all this neighbourhood, and which runs from here westerly to form the magnificent barrier of the Lueg Pass, perhaps the loveliest of all Alpine passes. Abtenau means, I have no doubt, Abbots' country, in the days when the mitred churchmen of Salzburg were lords of the neighbourhood far and wide. A pretty and bright stream traverses this Aue or pasture, but not well stocked with trout. There are two inns, Zum Ochsen and the Post, the latter being the newer, may be, perhaps, less aboriginally primitive than the other, the people of which, however, are most attentive, and will, if you make friends with them, let you do what you " like, especially in that all- important penetrate, the kitchen. In this latter depart- ment I always endeavour to obtain a footing while among the unsophisticated hill inns, and with a little good humour, and the help of the language, can usually procure com- pliance with my British peculiarities. One of these peculiarities, which I think you will share with me, is an abhorrence of every- thing gebackenes, i. e., fried in fat. It is the people's favourite device for hiding the poverty of their raw material. Thus the fibrous biped representing a chicken is generally clothed with this greasy envelope, and if you do not interfere they will even dishonour your spotty- coated beauties, the trout, with the like incrustation. But they have no objection to be taught by tfeeir good- humoured guest, while anything like bullying would be re- sented, even to the length of asking you to vacate. You will many times have to instruct the Kellnerin as to the nature of an Englishman's breakfast; the wherewithal they have, but the manner of serving it, and the connection of the whole together as the substantial matutine meal is not readily mastered by the Alpine waiting- maid. She will, if treated with tact, submit to the indoctrinating process with good will, and quite obliterate the trouble from her memory upon kissing the hand which pre- sents her with ten kreutzers on leaving. But she will no doubt often recall and wonder afresh over the stranger's oddities, who in one breakfast used no less than four knives, and ate eggs with his coffee, besides coming home at night wet with fishing, and then wanting such a quantity of cold water in his bedroom. A fine river, called Lammer, occupies the main valley between Abtenau and Gelling; it is both a truchen and trout stream, but ex- cessively rapid ; there may bo parts where it is stiller. Observe, as you are going down the hill towards the Lammer, a cascade from the side of the hill on the left hand. It does not fall from above, but issues out of the mid- face of the mountain a full- born stream. Near Abtenau there is another similar burst of sparkling water. Now, it has been proved in dry seasons, and at low water time, that these brooks are outlets of large subterranean re- servoirs locked up in the mountain's heart. From what is known of the manner in which limestone formations store away water at great depths, this is not surprising. These imprisoned lakes are said to have been navigated upon rafts for considerable dis- tances. As the bottom of the valley is neared you will see that rare object a tidy church. As a rule most structures of that class hereabouts are destitute of either correctness or elegance. The Salzach is crossed near the point where it issues oaf of Pass Lueg, and we arrive at Golling, a village on the Gastein and Salz- burg road. The Post is a fair inn, and the country being lovely, and the streams fishable, you may enjoy a day or so here. The Salzach being glacier- fed is filthy with moraine water, and des- perately rapid ; but you may find a brook for washing in upon the Golling side. It is wonderfully cold water, measuring 51 deg in Jul}-. Now for the hills and view. On the west side the Goll rises, a towering fellow, 8,200 feet, which stretches across to the Konig's See; south is the Haagen- Gebirg, closing in the Lueg, opposite the Tannen- Gebirg, 7,900 feet. By all meanswalk down to the pass, and see how the Salzach has cleft his path through the precipices— nothing can be finer. For some miles above this spot the scenery is of high interest, embracing some striking, snowy peaks about Bischofshofen, where the Hochkonig or highest point of theJEwiger Schnee bursts suddenly on the eye. This hill, 9,550 feet, is also called the Ubergossene Aim, from the tradition that the evil ways of the inhabitants caused their fertile pastures to be buried in glaciers in one night. The valley leading to it is called Blunbach. That must be well worth exploring. Opposite Golling two beautiful vistas open out to the west; the first, formed by the Schwarzbach Thai, and that to the left by the Bliintau. Up the latter lies a charming way to the exquisite Konig's See, one of the most perfect of mountain lakes. It is a road for some miles, which must then be exchanged for a foot- path on the left, leading directly down to the lake. This is greatly preferable to the long, weary drive round by Hallein. Each valley has its trout stream. Go up the Schw » rzbach, leaving the old church of St Nicholas on the right hand. You plunge into a dark wood, and come upon the clattering brook. A thundering noise over head reveals the neighbourhood of a respectable water- fall, issuing in a full body out of the solid hill side, and then plunging 120 feet in two leaps to the bed of the brook. The first leap is made under a natural arch of stone. Cross over this, and peep into the kettle which receives the gently welling flood out of its rocky birthplace before it takes its mad jump. There is a prevalent myth that this waterfall is the outpouring of the Ko- nig's See, and a hollow called the Kuchler L jch is shown upon the eastern shore of the lake, which is said to be always draining its waters off. If this be so the drain must pass through the whole mass of the Golle, more than eight miles, in order to come to light again here. Of course it is possible that a communication of this sort exists in the limestone, which is especially liable to similar fissures ; but it is strange that a lake giving birth to a consider- able river should have a supplementary overflow ; and it is not at all necessary to suppose such a subterranean drain from it te ac- count for the large body of water thus suddenly issuing to the day. The great hill above it may well be its sole natural parent in the caverns of his limestone heart, especially as his top reaches the snow level. The brook is a very tolerable grayling stream, and is or was rented by our friend at the Post. As'the only way to see this country properly, and to fish it, is by depending on the legs, I may as well here give my experience on an important point of pedestrian arrangements, viz, the carriage ef weights upon the person. How much of those troublesome additions to travelling which the practical mind of the Romans justly desig- nated " impediments," is necessary for a voyage on foot, the owner alone can determine, and that by asking himself how much he will like to carry. But after careful selection, sifting and re- sifting, I conclude that all real necessaries for a six weeks'cam- paign weigh from lllb to 121b, bag or knapsack included. I use in preference to the knapsack a pair of flat leathern saddle- bags, 15 inches square, which fold together, and much resemble the former article in shape. Such weights are usually carried upon the back. Now this is a mistake, for by dividing the burden it becomes nearly no burden at all. Look at that most back broken individual, the British soldier. He carries all behind, whereas if his great coat even, or any other portion what- ever of the sum total were to be transferred to his front he would be in proportion relieved. I have learnt this truth from the prac- tice of fishing and walking together. You can't carry your creel befcind as well as the bags, and, therefore, a division of weights is made, the creel being made as heavy as possible to equalise the back strain. Pray why, under any circumstances, should the un- fortunate back bear the sins of the whole man's wants ? Has he not a front as well as a back ? Is not his chest as broad and nearly as flat as his hinder superficies ? Suppose we equalise, or at ieast divide the burdens to be carried, in front and behind, and by straps passing over the shoulders, make them counterbalance each other, thus:— Sling your creel before, and your pack aft, pass one long strap through the holes of the basket, and the two tugs at the top of the bags or knapsack, and add no other fastening. Mind, take up the strap as short as you can, so as to bring both weights high up on the shoulders and chest, and in walking a slight pres- sure of the hand upon the creel or any part of the strap in front will prevent the tendency of the hinder pack to slip downwards, and will preserve the equilibrium. Just try too weights thus disposed, and see whether you have then any inclination to stoop forward, and you will be convinced by the absence of that incli- nation that the back has now no more than its fair share. Before experiment it might be objected that the pack in front will hinder the free motion of the arm, or be in some manner in the way. This is not so; for there is plenty of space upon the area of a man's chest to admit a basket 15f inches wide by lOf high, the size of a tolerable creel, without in the least incommoding him. Har- nessed in this way I have walked and fished for a whole day undistressed, and cleared five miles an hour along the high road, when carrying the articles proper to a short cam- paign. Here is another hint: If you want to carry a carpet- bag or similar single package in comfort, never think of putting it over your back. Carry it against your stomach, bringing both arms so over it as to press the bag close against the body and keep the arms at full stretch. They must be full stretched to avoid distress, for it is very distressing to carry weights with the mus- cles of the arm relaxed. But in this way you can walk briskly for miles, and even run, baggage in hand, lessening the pains of self- portership by the disposition of the weight as far as it is pos- sible to lessen them. Ill- disposed even a very small burden be- comes a great nuisance. When out for a few days 1 have found it as good a way as any to stow the clothes entirely in pockets ex- tending right round the back, the said pockets being kept well high up the person, so as not to swing unpleasantly against the legs. A great saving in weight was effected by avoiding every- thing in the shape of linen or cotton shirts ; silk is by far the best material, lightest, softest, and warm when wet through, like flan- nel, but far less bu^ ky than it?. The best headpiece of any for summer work' is a flexible straw or grass hat woven in one tissue-. Tfiese are not to be got usually in England, except at a high price. In Germany they cost between four and five shillings, and they will last as many summers. Our beautiful route takes us now out of the Kaiser- Staat, Imperial Austria, into Bavaria again, j where a narrow strip of it is dovetailed into its larger neighbour. ! This is an enchanting bit of country, and well merits the honour of royal residence. It is the King of Bavaria's head- quarters in ! summer, when all Munich turns out for the refreshing Alps, in ! sight of the capital, whose climate is notoriously bad. Perhaps it i is one of the disadvantages of fishing in these mountains that the ! fine season cannot be reckoned on till the rod season is pretty well j over. To enjoy the lake fishing at its best here we ought to be on j the spot pretty early in the year, when it is still too cold for j ordinary tourist work, for the* winter is long and the skies ange- I nial. Descend now by a footpath to the east bank of the King's ' Lake, as it is called, but do not make the house at the village of I Konigssee your head- quarters. Go down to Berchtesgaden, where j there is good accommodation, and cheap too for a place so much ! visited ; it is the Ambleside of Germany. Four days' expenses | for two persons cost about £ 1 5s. It is cheaper to live in Bavaria | than in Austria, where taxes are high, but I reckon thaffcn a com- ! fortable inn at a place like Gmunden, living costs about two i guineas a week, all incidental expenses included. The valley of ! the Albe in which Berchtesgaden lies, is one of the most lovely i bits in the Northern Alps. The outline is very fine, and the 1 filling up worthy of it. The great feature is the Watzmann, a sharp, bifurcated rock, 8,800 feet, with the saddle between the ! cones filled up with glacier. To ascend him approach must be made from the west side past Bamsau, three hours from which ! are some chalets, where the night is passed. Four hours more biiing to the top, from which the view is unusually fine. The mountain peak hangs straight over the narrow glen in which the dark lake rests more than 6,000 feet beneath. ALL the finest peaks of the central chain are clearly visible, and in addition the great Bavarian plain stretches away to the Danube, sparkling with towns and rivers. Tlie Albe, which drains the lake and runs through the town, is a beautiful fishing stream; below it is dis- coloured by the Ramsau Bach ( Bach is our northern Beck), turbid with fce WatzmannjB icy discharge, but, above flie point- of junction it is iust what water ought to be, and abounding in good trout. Owing to the water's level being affected by the huge sluices regulating the supply at the saltpans, it is not always in order for the rod, for it is of no use to fish when the sluices are drawn. You can fish all your way up the Konigssee, but the water is too cold to admit of much wetting. But you come here for the great prize of the lake, which in our eyes makes it indeed a kingly lake— the charr— salmo umbla; therefore, on arriving at the shore, you take ship, gondola, or coffin, and rig out your rods. Explain to the fellow who digs you along what you want to do, he will under- stand your German if tolerable, and you need not attempt'to understand his, which is fortunate. I tish with two rods out, on opposite sides of the boat, and use either artificial or natural minnow, or little trout, to spin with, but there is nothing better than the natural minnow for charr. The best fishing- ground is towards the hither, or northern end of the lake, and near the shore. Troll away round all the bays on both sides. Charr here are very different from the small flsh of our Cumberland waters; this is their head- quarters, and nowhere else in the world, perhaps, are they so fine; eight- pounders are caught from time to time, and some far exceed that weight— patriarchal silvercoats even to 131b and 151b. And, to my mind, no fish is so beautiful; they are elegant in shape, bright silver on the back, aud of a deep, rich, red, orange tint over the belly and fins, with scarcely any spots, and or. the table are the most de'icate of all salmonidae. It is a very lady among the finny beauties; perhaps I should have called it a knightly fish rather, for the Swiss have actually knighted him as Ombre Chevalier, by which title he is known at Geneva. He is evidently an inquisitive, and even a bold animal. I have seen them dart out ahead and athwart of the boat's course as it approached their lair under the dark racks, then pass astern undismayed by the splash of the oar, and seize the bait masy yards away, as if to revenge themselves for the intrusion. But softly, softly, Sir or Lady Umbra, you have Colonel Hunter's favourite within your teeth, it is a dangerous acquaintance to have made, and not so easily quitted. You make for the rugged points of rock jutting out over the unfathoined deep, but we know what tactics that imports, and must check your progress, not wishing to fray our best oiled silk trolling line. You dart downwards, but the bottom is hopelessly distant, deep diver a! s you are, your nose has never touched it. You fight for twelve minutes, for you took my lighter rod, but at last must succumb to the merciless butt, and having been found to weigh 5| lb, are carefully and coolly laid by forthis evening's supper, at which we hope to meet again, when you will be hotter and I cooler than at present. After this successful draw of the first reach of the lake, we round a huge wall of rock, and have before us its whole length due south of us. It is wonderfully fine here, but when we have coasted along the east shore as far as the point of greatest width, the WatzmaHn comes out ir: all his majesty, every stone of him being discernible, from the Ice Chapel, as it," is called, at his foot, to Summit Cross, On the west shore is the Jagdhaus of St Bartholomse, which probably was once royal head quarters in the chamois season; here it is usual to land and dine upon charr. But the old fellow who has until lately had a life- long lease of the fishery, and kept the Jagdhaus, ' has been rather too profuse in his provision of this delicate fare for all comers, though he made them pay pretty handsomely for their taste; and consequently there is just now more hindrance about fishing than formerly, when the matter was simply compounded for by our paying for all that was killed and carried off. The fact is, so many small fish were killed annually, that it is necessary now to nurse the waters a little. But, without doubt, they will always be abundantly stocked with large fine fish, which the German craft is not quite adequate to capture. The approved method of the Berchtesgaden people, who are keen after sport, is to rig out several baits upon a long pole, or line kept taut, to sink them well down, and keep moving them ahead. The charr, no doubt, is usually found deep; indeed, whenever you see them take your hook, they appear to come darting up from the black abyss below. But the hindrance to this method of fishing in the best parts of the lake, which are the shallower por- tions, is in the pine snags, which have fallen as whole trees, and are now firmly planted on the lake's bottom, coming with their heads near enough to the surface to foul the sunken lir. es, which must then be sacrificed. Such a slow proceeding as towing an army of hooks deserves such a fate. But I always sink my bait well in charr fishing, by inserting a piece of lead in the fish's mouth, or just above it, if the bait is artificial; ar. d sol believe the most successful rod fishing in England is conducted by sinking the flies. However, the great thing is to use a very de- monstrative, well- spinning, glittering appendage to your line, and then the over- curious charr is pretty sure, if it is drawn across him 50 feet overhead, to come darting up deprofundis, and perhaps will not prove such a deep one after all. No one is likely to visit these inclement parts early in the year, which is the sea- son when the fish are most active and voracious, after their long hybernal slumber and fast. Then for about three or four weeks, beginning in April and ending in May, according to the forward- ness of the spring, they rise at the fly, either natural or artificial, on the very surface with great avidity. During this feeding time 130 have been landed by a single rod in a day. At other seasons their principal prey is a little fish of the acanthopterygian kind, called Perschl. The flesh of the Konigs See charr is pink, like a salmon trout's, or darker. The Eiskapelle at the Watzmann'sbase is scarcely worth visiting, except for the pleasure of a glissade from top to bottom ; though reckoned one of the wonders of the mountain, it is nothing but an avalanche, which always falls here in the spring and remains unmelted in summer. So go on to the lake's southern end, and walk up to the chain of little lakes above each other, the Ober See, and then the two miniature lakelets, the Grim and the Funten Seen, romantically situated under the steepest marble walls, and flsh breeding also. The hills at this end rise above the snow level. The whole scenery is of thegrandeat kind, not to be surpassed by anything in Switzerland, only more beautiful. All round the lake waterfalls stream away, which, with the whistling of the marmots, those curious Alpine creatures, alone break the repose of these solitudes. Just beyond the fall of the Kouigsbach, on the east side, and at the deepest spot of the lake, is a magnificent echo. Its sides here are not slopes, but walls, and walls of red marble. The finest chasse in all the Alps is in this strip of Bavaria. The hechwild, by which the Germans mean proper mountain game, such as chamois and red deer, are strictly preserved over the royal domain, and the driving, when the Court is at Berchtesgaden, is conducted upon the plan of a regular campaign. The red game is usually chased to the lake, and many are shot from boats, whilst the chamois are forced through certain passes in their haunts where the rifles are posted. This must be rather slow work, as there is not, strictly speaking, any pursuit on the part of the rifleman, and he may have to stand immovable for hours without seeing a single head. The Emperor of Austria, who always joins King Maximilian in the hunting parties, is a crack shot, and all the country round here rings with his exploits. There is, perhaps, something more of genuine sportsmanlike spirit among the Germans than there is in France, but probably the whole concern as managed by them would seem insufferably slow to a deerstalker. The rifle ordinarily used is a short clumsy instrument, carried slung across the back in climb- ing, and its range may be about 200 yards. It is considered an extraordinary shot to kill a chamois dead at 180. Remember, at the end of your fishing day, the poor fellows who push you along ( for you are pushed, not pulled, in the most clumsy manner pos- sible) ; they are a kind of Government slaves, all on the roll of the lake corps being bound always to serve at a fixed rate for the day's work ; and a miserably low rate, too. The Schiffmeister charges the passengers according to tariff, and pockets all the gain above the pittance of the oar- bound serf, doing none of the work himself. When you pay foryour boats think of the slavemin- istermg to your sport, and give him half a gulden or so ( lOd), in his eyes a princely donation. One other memorandum I must give you. Being in Bavaria, the fame of Bock Bier will have reached you. Bock is the ambrosial nectar of Southern Germany, being, in fact, the strong spring brew of malt and hops— the immortal compound. The " sending out" of this drink is a national event yearly, and is looked forward to as the breaking up of the ice is at Quebec or Petersburg. Yeu may see it duly advertised by all the beergarden keepers in the papers. Great is the rush in con- sequence, and anspeakable the consumption in this land of obesity and thirst. May is the fortunate month which dispels the reign of small beer, and ushers in the strong; Bock, therefore, is like Mercury, the son of Maia, and, like that respectable divinity, has his crowds of worshippers. Hail to the great Bock! Well, Berchtesgaden Bock is only later than in other places, being published first in Jure, or even July, and the tap at which it should be duly sought is called the Leidenfrust, down the hill towards the river. A couple of bottles of Bock will serve to set off your success among the charr and your luncheon on the peer- less lake. And now, farewell to them both ! LIFEBOAT SERVICES DURING THE PAST QUARTER. SHIPWRECK OFF DUNDEE BAR.— DUNDEE, JAN 5.— Yesterday morning, when blowing a gale of wind from E. S. E., and a heavy sea, a small vessel, a ketch, named the Nueha, belonging to Ber- wick- on- Tweed, bound from North Shields with a cargo of whiting, was entering the mouth of the river Tay, and was driven on the AbertayBank. After drifting about over the bank for some distance, she made so much water that she heeled over and sank. At the time she first struck it was not daylight, and as it was raining heavily, and the weather was thick, the captain was unable to distinguish the upper lights, and thus lost the channel. After making all the efforts in their power to keep the vessel from sinking, and finding them ineffectual, the crew, when the water had reached the deck, put oft in their boat, and with considerable difficulty, on account of the roughness of the sea, managed to make their escape from the wreck about ten o'clock. The signal gun was fired from the lighthouse a little after nine o'clock. The Buddon- ness lifeboat, belonging to the National Lifeboat Institution, was soon got afloat, manned by 15 men, and as they were nearing the wreck they observed the crew in their own boat, which was in a sinking state amongst the rollers. The life- boat came up just in time to save the three men from, probably, a watery grave. During the past year the National Lifeboat Institution ex- pended nearly £ 600 on the Dundee two lifeboat establishment*. Of this amount £ 200 was spent in erecting a lifeboat house. . This latter large sum was of course spent exclusively amongsHhe tradesmen of the place. Nevertheless Dundee has not hitherto remitted to the institution £ 1 in repayment of that large amount. Thus Dundee has placed itself on a level with the poorest fishing village in the kingdom. POETMADOC, MONDAY NIGHT.— Capt Mathew, Hon Sec of the National Lifeboat Institution at Portmadoc, reports that a Dutch vessel was wrecked, during a gale of wind, on the Sarn Badrig Sands on Friday night, Jan 2. The crew of six men and a woman took to the boats, and are reported to have been picked up by a Fleetwood craft. The late Mr John Jolly, farmer, of Enstone, Oxford, has left a legacy of two hundred guineas to the National Lifeboat Institution. MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF A MILITIA OFFICER.— A very painful sensation has been created in Sunderland and its neighbourhood by the mysterious disappearance of Captain W. M. Gales, of the South Durham Militia, who is supposed to have met with foul play while on his way home from a hunting party, so far back as the 15th of November last. On the morning of that day Captain Gales left home at Hylton Cottage, near Sunderland accompanied by another gentleman, in order to be present, by invitation of Mr Hawks, at a hunt with a pack of beagles belong- ing to the officers of the 41st Regiment. The place of meeting was the village of Washington, three miles from Captain Gales'e residence. He and his friend arrived at their destination about half- past ten o'clock, when the hounds were cast off, and, after running for some time, they returned to the village about three in the afternoon. The whole party then proceeded to Mr Hawks's residence, where they partook of refreshments. Many of them took their leave a little before nine o'clock. Captain Gales left alone, with the avowed intention of proceeding to the Ccx- green station of the North Eastern Railway, on the opposite bank of the river Wear, distant about two miles from Mr Hawks's house. From the time he left Washington Captain Gales flag been neither seen nor heard of. It was at first feared that he might have fallen into the river at the Coxgreen ferry, but in- quiries made of the keeper of the ferry showed that he had never made his appearance there. The river has been dragged from day to day, and all the deep holes in the country side have been examined, but no trace of Captain Gales has been discovered. The horrible suspicion has at length arisen that he was robbed and murdered, and his body afterwards thrown into one of the furnaces with which the district abounds.— Manchester Examiner. THE MARRIAGE OF MARSHAL CANROBEET.— Marshal Canrobert's marriage with Miss Macdonald, of Windsor, was celebrated ac- cording to the Roman Catholic rites at the Chapel of the Senate, in Paris, on Tuesday last. Owing to a recent bereavement in the family of the bride only a few friends and relations were present at the ceremony. The witnesses of the marshal were Count Randon, War Minister; M Rivet, and M Alfred de Marbct. These of Miss Maedonald included Lord Cowley, the Due de Tarente, and Sir James Martin. DEATH OF HORACE VERNET.— M Horace Veriiet, the popular French painter, died on Saturday morning, Jan 17. As is well known, he had been ailing for a long time, and for some weeks past there had been little hope of his recovery. Emile Jean Horace Vernet, the deceased, was born in Faris on the 20th Junc 1789. SUPPLEMENT TO BELL'S LIFE IN LONDON, JANUARY 25, 1863. CRICKET. CRICKET AT MALTA, 1SX BATTALION 22D REGIMENT.- THE POONA VETE- RANS v REST OF THE REGIMENT. This match was played at Floriana, Malta, on. Sept 20, 1862, and terminated in a drawn match. It will be seen that the Veterans creditably maintained their Indian reputation, though had time permitted, the " Young- uns" would probably have been two many for them. Score: POONA VETERANS. lst 2dlnn Coi- Serg Beans, b Gully 5 ft Gully « Scrgt Kinder, c Smith, b Gully St run out * Private Barry, b Gully 10 b Hamersley 1 Private T. Donovan, leg b w, b Gully.. 0 b Hamersley ............ 5 Private Emsley, run out ' 25 leg b w, b Hamersley .... 7 Serg Often, b Hughes Private Pavey, run out Corp O'Connell, b Gully .... Private Lynch, b Hughes .. Private J. Donovan, not out Serg Field, b Goddiff B 30,1 b 4, w b 4, n b 1 To • total. .. 20 bGully 4 .. 6 b Gully 4 .. 14 b Gully 0 .. l not out 7 .. 5 run out • • 0 .. 11 b Gullv 1 .. 39 IB9, wbo 14 ..— 157 Total — 52 THE REGIMENT Ens Swinny, b Donovan .... Col- Serg Fallon, b Emsley .. Ens Gully, b Donovan Private Laptliornc, sun out Private Goddiff, b Donovan Private Llngard, b Donovan Xleut Hughes, b Donovan ... 28 ,12 ... 11 0 Ens Hamersley, run out ... Lieut Powysit Kinder Private Smith, b Kinder Private G'rimshaw, not out . B 6, nf> 3 ... 20 '• Total In the second innings of the Regiment, " SWumy obtained ( run out) 5, Fallon ( c Kinder, b Donovan) 14, Gully ( not out) 39, Lapthorne ( b Kin- der) 1, Godditf ( not out) 4, Hamersley ( run out) 5, Powys ( b Kinder) 5 110, u b 1— total S4. 1ST BATT 22b REGIMENT v 2D $ ATT 22D REGIMENT. This match was played at Floriana'on October 4th, 1862, and terminated in an easy victory for the lst Battalion, who won in one innings with 20 runs to spare. Score: 2B BATTALION. 1st inn ,2( 1 » in Sergt- Maj Connor, b Goddiff 1 c Hughes, b Hamereley.. 13 Ens Barnes, b Emsley 3 b Emsley o Corp Doyle, b Goddiff " ' " " Colour- Sergt Ellard, c Hamersley, bl Emsley J Private Fox, c Swinny, b Emsley — Private Cosgrove, b Emsley Private Coates, run out - - , „ ,, Sergt Linsdell, c Hamersley, b Goddiff 0 c Barry, b Gully Private Osborne, not out 2 c Fallon, b Emsley Private Nickel!, run out 0 b Goddiff Private Dawson, leg b w, b Goddiff.. 2 b Gully •••••••••• << . . ia Byes ... 4 B 9,1 b 3, w b 5, nb 118 Total..'....'.... :.— H.. Total - 70 lsr BATTALION. Col- Sergt Fallon, hit w, b Fox ... 3 j Ens Hamersley, not out 24 Private Barry, run out ..,.. 1 Sergt Kinder, run out 3 b Gully 0 leg b w, b Hamersley .... 7 1 b Goddiff 3 0 not out 7 2 b Goddiff ... 11 Ens Swinny, c Ellard, b Connor 20 Ens Gully, st Barnes, b Conner » 5 Private Emsley, b Fox ...... 3 Xleut Hughes, c Dawson, , b Connor., 4 Lieut Powys, runout 2 Private Connell, b Fox 13 Private Goddiff, c and b Barnes 1 B 16,1 b 3, w b 3 22 Total .108 1 ST BATT 22 REGIMENT v ROYAL ENGINEERS. This match was played at Floriana on Saturday, Dec 27, and was decided on the fir| t iiifiings in favour'Of the 22d Regiment by 46 runs. Score: ROYAL ENGINEERS. Sapper Hinchcliffe, run out .... 3 Sapper Traby, b Connell 10 Lieut Davidson, b Connell 0 Sapper Chadwick, b Emsley — 23 Lieut Lewin. b Connell 11 Sapper Conolly, not out 6 Sapper Cooper, b Connell 1 Sapper Birfield, run out 0 Sapper May, c Swinny, b Emsley 0 Sapper Ponting, run out 1 Sapper Goodwin, st Connell, b Emsley 3 B9, lb 1, wbl 11 Total 69 22D REGIMENT. Col- Serg Fallon, c and b Lewin.. 9 SergKinder, cCooper, bHinchcliffe 7 Ensign Swinny, leg b w, b Lewin 7 Priv Barrv, c Lewin, b Hinchcliffe 3 Private Grey, b Lewin 8 PrivEmsley, cHinchcliffe, bLewin 7 Corporal Connell, b Lewin 1 Lieut Hughea, b Hinchcliffe .... 4 Private Grimshaw, c Hinchcliffe, b Lewin 14 PriLapthorne. cConolly, bBirfield 24 Private Harrington, not out — 12 B 13,1 b 1, w b 5 19 Total 115 CRICKET AT ASCENSION, A match was played at Ascension on Saturday, Nov 8, between the Officers of the Squadron and the Ascension Club, and ter- minated in favour of the Squadron by 22 runs. The ground was very bad, and consequently no long scores were made. Captain Wratislaw and Mr Bourchier played well for the Squad- ron. Score: SQUADRON. lst inn € apt De Wahl, b Rokeby 4 c Andrews, b Rokeby Capt Wratislaw, b Rokeby 1K 13— W. A. Ewbank, b Page 1 H. S. Bourchier, c Saunders, b Rokeby 0 P. R. Sharpe, run out 2 H. C. Tremayne, b Rokeby 8 G. Cheney, b Page 5 F. Norm, b Page 2 B. F. Meyer, b Rokeby 2 T. Wheeler, b Page. 2 E. H. Brown, not out 2 Byes 6. wide ball 1 Total ASCENSION. Lieut Rokeby, c Bourchier, b Sharpe.. 0 b Sharpe Private Leonard, b Cheney 7 not out H. Barnard, b Sharpe b Page b Rokeby b Rokeby c Whitaker, b Pag ,. 8 b Rokeby .. 5 not out .. 2 b Rokeby .. 2 run out .. 2 bPage .. 2 leg b w, b Page .. .. 7 Byes ..— 38 Total .... 2d inn ... o lst inn Priv Andrews, st Ewbank, b Sharpe .. 0b Sharpe — 43 2d inn 4 9 b Sharpe 0 Priv Saunders, st Ewbank, b Sharpe.. 0 Private Hunt, b Sharpe I Private Scrivener, not out 1 Lieut O'Grady, b Cheney 5 Private Page, st Ewbank, b Sharpe— 3 Lieut Bullock, c North, b Cheney .... 2 b Sharpe Priv YVhitaker, c Bourchfer, b Cheney. 0 b Sharpe Bye 1 Total Total - 22 c Meyer, b Cheney cand b Cheney c Tremayne, b Sharpe b Cheney c Cheney, b Sharpe CRICKET IN INDIA- BANGALORE. KING'S DRAGOON GUARDS v 102D FUSILIERS. This match came off at Bangalore last August, and resulted, after two days' play, in an easy victory for the K. D. G. Score: * DRAGOON GUARDS. lst inn 2d inn Trumpet- Major Parker, run out 5 run out 0 E. H. Reeves, run out 1 c Cleland, b Rogers 5 Capt Ashe, leg b w, b Cleland 1 st Rogers, b Cleland 1 Private Beckett, c Hodson, b Cleland.. 3 c Parry, b Clelaud 3 Capt Edlmann, c and b Rogers 8 c Rogers, b Cleland 1 II. R. Hope, not out 42 b Rogers 0 Private White, b Cleland 2 b Rogers 11 D. Macleod, b Cleland 0 c Parry, b Cleland 7 Lieut- Col Sayer, c Moore, b Rogers .. 0 b Rogers 5 A. R. Kenney. c and b Cleland 22 not out 10 N. Woods, b Cleland 3 b Cleland 0 B 7.1 b 5, w b 5 17 B 6,1 b 5, w b 13 .... 24 Total — 104 Total - 67 FUSILIERS. lst inn 2d inn Private Hull, b Aslie 0 c Beckett, b Ashe 3 R. C. Parry, b Kenney 1 b Ashe 1 W. Olelaiid, leg b w, b Kenney 2 b Ashe I Private Jarvis, c Woods, b Kenney.... 1 cEdlmann, b Kenney .. 19 PrivateiNorris, c Woods, b Kenney .. 10 absent 0 J. E. Rogers, c Parker, b Kenney .... 1 b Kenney 1 Serg Hodson, leg b w, b Kemiey 0 c and b Kenney 0 T. Moore, b Kenney 6 not out 0 H. Neill, run out 4 runout 3 Private Hesketh, not out 14 b Kenney 8 W. Preston, c Parker, b Ashe 2 b Ashe 0 B2, lbl, wbl 4 B1.1 b 2 3 Total — 45 Total - 39 KING'S DRAGOON GUARDS V GARRISON. This match came off on the 2d of October last. When time was called, one innings only had been completed, in which the K. D. G. had detained a majority of 24. Score: GARRISON. Private Selby, c Woods, b Ashe.. 2 Private Hull, c Ashe, b Kenney.. 0 Private Jarvis, c and b Ashe .... 0 J. Rogers, b Kenney 22 Capt Day, b Edlmann, b Ashe .. 1 DRAGOON GUARDS. N. Woods, cHesketh. b Henderson. 19 Private Becket, b Cleland 0 Trump- Major Parker, b Cleland. 0 D. Macleod, run out 0 H.., R. Hope, b Cleland 2 Capt Edlmann, run out 17 E. H. Reeves, c Parry, b Cleland 6 Private White, b Cleland 0 Lieut- Col Sayer, b Cleland 14 A. R. Kenney, not out 37 Capt Ashe, c Hull, b Cleland.... 4 B 2,1 b 1, w b 9, n b 2 14 Total 113 A. Logan, c Sayer, b Kenney.... 6 W. Cleland, leg b w, b Kenney . .11 J. Henderson, c Woods, b Kenney 8 Private Hesketh, b Ashe 14 R. C. Parry, leg b w, b Kenney.. 6 Serg Hodson, not out 7 B 3,1 b 1, w b 8 12 Total, SUBALTERNS v GARRISON. This match was played on tie Bangalore Ground on the 12th and3.3th of September, and ended in favour of the former. Score: GARRISON. lst inn 2d inn Trumpet- Major Parker, b Cleland .... 0 c Cleland, b Kenny 11 Private Beckett, b Rogers 0 b Kenney 0 Capt Edlemann, b Rogers 1 c Kenney, b Cleland .... 4 Private Jarvis, c Hope, b Rogers 4 b Cleland 15 Col Saver, b Rogers • b Kenney 2 Private Hesketh, not out 21 b Kenney 10 Dr Henderson, b Cleland 0 not out 22 Private White, c Rogers, b Cleland.... 6 st Rogers, b Kenney .... 2 Capt Ashe, c Macleod, b Rogers 6 st Rogers, bCleland .... 7 Capt Shawe, b Rogers 3 c Grey, b Kenney 0 Private Shaw, b Cleland 3 c Reeves, b Cleland 1 B i, 1 b 3, w b 5, n b 1 10 B3, wb2 5 Total — 54 Total — 79 SUBALTERNS. Lieut Reeves, c Jarvis, b Shaw .. 20 Lieut Parry, c Hesketh, b Ashe.. 5 Lieut Moore, c Hesketh, b Ashe.. 3 Lieut Cleland, c Parker, b Ashe.. 5 Lieut Hope, b Henderson 13 Lieut Rogers, c Hesketh, b Shaw. 2 Lieut Logan, c Hesketh, b Ashe.. ll Lieut Macleod, not out 2 Lieut Kenney, leg b w, b Ashe .. 0 Lieut Gi; ey, b Henderson 1 Lieut Stephenson, b Henderson.. 0 B 2, w b 6 8 Total. .70 In the second innings of the Subalterns, Reeves scored ( c Hesketh, b Henderson) 2, Parry ( b Ashe) 2, Cleland ( b Shaw) 19, Hope ( b Hender- son) 4, Rogers ( not out) 2. Macleod ( not out) 16, Kenney ( cShaw, b Ashe) B; b 3,1 b 4, w b 10— total 65. CAVALRY V INFANTRY BRIGADE. This match was played on the 20th and 21st of September, but the rain coming on prevented it being played out. Score: INFANTRY, Private Hall, c Ashe, b Kenney.. 0 Private Selby, c Woods, b Ashe.. 2 Private Jarvis, c and b Ashe .... 0 Lieut Rogers, b Kenney 22 Capt Day, c Edlemann. b Ashe.. 1 Lieut Logan, c Sayer. b Kenney. 6 Lieut Cleland, leg b w, b Kenneyll Dr Henderson, b Kenney 8 Lieut Parry, leg b w, b Kenney.. 0 Serg Hodson, not out 7 Private Hesfceth, b Ashe ........ 14 B 3,1 b 1, w b 8 12 Total. CAVALRY. Private Beckett, b Cleland 0 Private White, c Hesketh, b Hen- derson 19 Lieut Reeves, c Parry, b Cleland. 6 Lieut Macleod, run out 0 Lieut Hope, b Cleland 2 Capt Edlemand, run out 17 Trumpet- Maj Parker, bClcland.. 0 Private White, b Cleland 0 Col Sayer, b Cleland 14 Lieut Kenney, not out; 37 Capt Ashe, c Hall, b Cleland .... 4 B 6, w b 5, n b 3 14 Total 113 In the second innings of the Cavalry, Beckett scored ( c and b Rogers) 0, Hope ( b Cleland) 1, Parker ( not out) 6, Sayer ( not out) 2— total 9. CRICKET IN BURMAH. OFFICERS OF THE GARRI80N v NON- COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND MEN. This match was played at Thayet- Myo, on Oct 29. Scor£: OFFICERS. lst inn 2d inn Major Hicks, run out 2 c Coe, b Bennett 1 Ens Davidson, b Bennett 9 b Bennett 1 Lieut Co wie, b Bennett 6 runout 4 Lieut Terry, c White, b Walsh 10 b Bennett 7 Lieut Harris, leg b w, b Walsh 5 b Bennett. 7 Capt Forsyth, b Bennett 6 b Walsh 1 Capt Henderson, b Walsh 0 Ens O'Rorke, c and b Bennett 0 Lieut Barton, b " Walsh . * 0 Lieut Thornton, run out 0 Lieut Pickance, not out 0 B 7,1 b l, w b3 11 Total b Bennett 2 c Widdowson, b Bennett 0 not out 3 b Bennett 0 b Walsh 5 B 4, w b 2 6 Total - 3 Private Coe, b Harris PrivateHarris, leg b w, b Harris 10 Private Lazarick, c Pickance, b Harris 8 Private Cavanagh, runout 16 Corp White, c Pickanoe, b Harris 0 Private Birmingham, b Harris.. 1 Priv Widdowson, c and b Harris 16 — 49 N. C. O. AND MEN. Corp Douglas, b Harris. 4 Corp Bennett, b Terry 0 Private Walsh, not out 0 Private Alloway, c O'Rorfce, b Harris 0 B13, w b 11 ....... 24 Total 85 In the second innings of the N. C. O. and Men, Coe Obtained ( not © at) 1, Alloway ( b Harris) 0, Walsh ( not out) 1— total 2. SURREY v NOTTINGHAM. DEAR BELL : Can you enlighten rae on the subject which is causing so much discussion at the present time ? Wherever I ge I hear opinions freely expressed respecting the withdrawal of the Notts v Surrey match. It is stated that Surrey are desirous of playing it as usual, and have offered 6 ® bear all expenses of the mattfi, as they did in 1858, when they breught the Notts Eleven together for the first time: and that the general supporters of cricket in Nottingham are also desirous of doing so, but they are overruled by a small committee, who conduct the affairs at Not- tingham. It is rumoured that G. Parr is at the bottom of all that is going on, and that he has got certain players of the North to join with him in spoiling good matches. If ssich are the facts, the sooner those who contribute so much for the support of the noble game know it the better, for I feel satisfied the man who attempts to stop good cricket for his own gain will soon find his way to Coventry. It is somewhat remarkable the Surrey autho- rities have not replied one iota to Mr Johnson's letters, but knowing the committee are composed of some of the first cricketers yi England, I feel satisfied their silence is only for the purpose s> t obtaining all the information they require to lay fully before the public. Please enquire into the subject, and inform your constant reader, A LOVER or CoUKTY CRICKET. Jan 16, 186- 3. [ All we can add is, that Surrey, in 1858, as well as 1859, pud Nottinghamshire to come to London, when at that time the latter county had no supporters. From this fact they obtained pa- tronage, and played a home and home match, which Is now, ap- parently, abruptly discontinued. If they cannot play at Notting- ham, We think it would be only fair to again send their team to the Oval at the expense of Surrey.] DEAR BELL : Can you enlighten me on the subject which is causing so much discussion at the present time; wherever I go I hear opinions freely expressed respecting the withdrawal of the Notts v Burrey match. It is stated that Surrey wishes to play as usual, and so do the general supporters of cricket in Nottingham- shire, but there are a small body of committee men who meet and decide so important a question at the instigation of one man, G. Parr. If such are the facts, the soener the cricketing public know it the better, as I feel quite satisfied the man who attempts to spoil good matches for personal gain will soon find his way to Coventry. Please inquire into the subject, and inform your con- loth Jan, 1863. A LOVER OF COUNTY CRICKET. MYNN MEMORIAL. We are now enabled to publish a complete list of the subscribers, and to state that the net total reaches about £ 130. It has been decided that, of this fund, a sum not exceeding £ 25 shall be ex- pended upon the erection of a tombstone in Thurnliam Church- yard, which is to bear a simple inscription, with the usual dates of birth and death, and a reference to the application of the sur- plus fund. Such surplus is to be invested in the names of five well- known friends of the deceased and influential patrons of cricket upon trust, to apply the income from time to time for the benefit of some deserving cricketer of Kent requiring such assist- ance. The recipient to be chosen by the managing committee of the Kent County Cricket Club for the time being, if anj'. In de- faultof any Kent Club, then by the Marylebone Cricket Club, and, in default of both clubs, at the discretion of the trustees for the time being of the " Mynn Memorial Benevolent Institution for Kentish Cricketers," which is to be the title of the charity thus founded. It has teen felt by. the committee who have had to decide upon the matter that the above disposal of the fund would accord with the well- known kindness of heart and unaffected, manly character of the deceased, and be preferable to an unpro- ductive and comparatively wasteful application thereof in an ex- pensive monument. The immediate produce of the investment will not be large; but the trustees of the fund will have power to accumulate tlie interest, in the event of an object of the charity not being at once elected, and in case of any future suspense of its application They will also have power to accept any donation or bequest that may hereafter be made in aid of the institution, so that it is hoped a nucleus may be formed from which there will arise hereafter more extended means of assisting decayed cricketers. And the noble and manly national game having now become, deservedly, so thoroughly appreciated throughout the country as to induce many to adopt the practice of it as a profes- sion, in which occupation they are always liable to accidents, it behoves the supporters of cricket to direct, in their respective counties, some portion of their benevolence in the course above indicated. In the present instance the project which has been started by the friends © f the much- lamented Alfred Mynn ema- nates becomingly from the famous cricketing county of Kent, his native place, and claims attention as an evidence of the increasing opinion in favour of a better encouragement being given to manly recreations, such as cricket, which tend, not only to the improve- ment of a people's health, but to the perfect development of that resolute asnd patient courage, and that self- dependent spirit of which Englishmen are so proud. Earl of Abergavenny £ 1, Earl of Darnley £ 1 Is, Hon F. Pon- sonby £ 1, Hon and Rev E. V. Bligh £ 1 Is, Hon H. Bligh £ 1 Is, Hon R. Nevill 10s, Sir E. Filmer, M. P., £ 1, C. G. Whittaker £ 1, C. G. Whittaker, juu,<£ l, W. W. K. Hugessen £ 1 Is, H. E. K. Hu- gessen £ 1 Is, Capt Hugessen £ 1 Is, H. Johnson £ 1 Is, E. Wilder £ 6 6s, A. Haygarth £ 1, W. Banks £ 1, C. H. Hoare £ 1, W. Nichol- son £ 1, J. C. Stacey £ 1, W. H. Trail 10s, Rev J. A. Pepys 10s, J. H. Dark £ 1, J. Hall 10s, Crispe 5s, Kemsley 2s 6d, Prebble 2s 6d, C. W. Martin £ 1 Is, L. D. Wigan £ 1, per Bell's Life £ 2 Is, J. Johnson £ 1, W. S. Norton 10s, H. Perkins £ 1, collected at the Bear ( Mailing) 16s, collected by J. C. Hayward 16s, J. H. West £ 1, T. Kendall 5s, G. W. Norman £ 1 Is, H. Norman £ 1 Is, H. W. Berens£ l Is, R. Martin £ 1 Is, W. Wybrow £ 1, C. L. Norman 10s 6d, F. H. Norman 10s 6d, W. Waring 10s, H. Gosling 10s, Rev G. Langdon 10s 6d, H. Lubbock 10s, J. Walker £ 10 10s, Sir C. Honey wood £ 1, Wr. Rigden £ 1, T. S. Cooper £ 1, W. M. C. Baker 10s, a friend ( by W. Pilch) 10s, W. Pilch 5s, F. Pilch 5s, collected by W. Pilch 13s, T. P. Petts 5s, W. Davey 5s, Hon G. Molineux 10s 6d, Rev G. Goldney £ 1 Is, B. Close £ 1 Is, E. L. Hardin'ge £ 1 Is, W. Stone £ 1 Is, Colonel Northey £ 1, W. Aird 10s 6d, A. Ramsden 10s 6d, G. G. Macpherson 10s 6d, G. Field 10s, B. Field 10s 6d, A. D. H. Christy 10s, Captain Christy 10s, H. Dumergue 10s, R. J. Streetfleld 10s, W. 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Nettleinghan Is, Tommy Adams £ 1 Is, Lieut Sandford 2s 6d, — Rigge 2s 6d, W. Scott 5s, W. Tur- ner Is, F. White Is, W. Summers is, J. Russell 2s 6d, W. F. Hil- der 5s, a Friend Is, C. Maplesden Is, J. Cleveland 5s, J. G. Everist 2s 6d, G. E. S. 2s 6d, T. Carley Is, J. Prentis Is, R. Ran- dall Is, F. Prentis Is, E. Winch 5s, Sewell Is, W. Wallis 2s 6d, C. Killick 2s 6d, a Friend Is, — Gore Is, R. Spright Is, T. C. Baynes 2s 6d, C. Webb Is, F. Leitli 5s, F. Clifford 2s 6d, D. Cove- ney £ 1, F. Coleman £ 1, A few Cricketers 5s, F. W. Coleman 6s, J. Bud 5s, T. Neve 5s, J. Wilson 2s 6d, W. Wellstead Is, W. Wen- man Is, E. G. Wenman Is, G. Thompson Is, W. Winch Is, W. B. Sharpe Is, G. Kipping 5s, T. Godden 2s 6d, J. Tolhurst Is, B. Warman 2s 6d, Leader 6d, T. Knight £ 1 Is, W. W. G. 5s, Rev G. B. Moore £ 1 Is, G. Smeed 5s, T. Reason 5s, B. Watson 5s, J. W. S. 2s 6d, Sir J. M. Tylden £ 1, G. Eley 2s 6d, J. Jackson 2s 6d, R. Knight 2s 6d, T. Tokeley 2s 6d, Sibbie Is, T. R. Hallett 2s 6d, Dr Grayling 5s, a Friend Is, W. C. Paterson £ 1, J. Sands 2s 6d, A. Bass £ 1-, E. G. Hartwell 10s, R. C. Tinley 5s, A. Clarke 5s, R. Turner 5s, E. Bowles 2s. 6d, S. Briggs 10s 6d, W. Gun 10s 6d, C. W. Genever 5s, W. Whittaker 2s 6d, F. Findlow 2s, J. Phillpott 5s, J. T. Ennies 2s, W. May 5s, G. W. Prall Is, W. Amies 5s, T. Crowhurst Is. The above subscriptions have all been paid. The following are either not paid, or not accounted for:— H. Jenner £ 1 Is, M. Ainslie £ 1 Is, F. Lillywhite 10s, J. Lillywhite 10s, E. Hinkley 10s 6d, and T. H. Baker 10s. Should any other names have been inadvertently omitted, any communication addressed to W. S. Norton, Esq, West Mailing, Kent, will be attended to. LONDON PRESS CLUB.— The annual general meeting of this club was held on Saturday. Jan 10, at the Ben Jonson, Shoe- lane, Fleet- street, when Mr J. Walden was re- elected president, Mr Trigg elected vice- president, Messrs T. Meredith and H. G. Hose re- elected treasurer and secretary for the ensuing year. The re- port stated that the finances of the club were in a very healthy condition, and, it was believed, would this year still improve, as a considerable increase in the number of members was expected. It not being generally known in the business that this club is in existence, members were requested to induce their friends to join. Gentlemen wishing for particulars can have them by applying to the secretary, at the Daily Telegraph office, Peterborough- court, Fleet- street. The report further stated that the club had been engaged to play in twelve matches last season, but owing to un- favourable weather on four occasions, only eight had been played, in five of which they had been victorious, the three being drawn. FEARFUL CALAMITY AT LOCARNO.— A correspondent writing from the neighbourhood of the Lago Maggiore gives the following account of a terrible occurrence which has taken place at Locarno: — This town is one of those pretty little half Italian, half Swiss towns which line the north- west shores of the Lago Maggiore ; but, not being minutely described in Murray, it is comparatively little known to the English tourist, who hurries past it to the more fashionable Baveno or Belgirate. As the steamer floats past the traveller will notice a clean- looking town, backed by a chain of hills, the most striking point in the picture being the cupola of a fine old cathedral- looking church. It is of this building that I have to speak. The church of La Madonna del Sasso, with its dome towering over the other buildings, its coloured marbles, and its quaint old frescoes by Luim, is the one sight of the little city. On Sunday, the 11th inst, there was present in that church a great congregation, composed, ts is usually the case in this part of Europe, almost entirely of women. The men loueging about the piazza pointed otst to one another the enormous quantity of snow which had fallen during the last six days and oights- in an almost unbroken column. The landscape glittered in its white covering, and even tke buildings of the city looked like a seene in some fantastic play. Suddenly there was a dead, heavy fall " Evidently,'' they said, " another distant avalanche; and tfeen a scream and a murmur of great horror, which spread through the quiet streets. All rushed to the spot, and found a scene which the letters I have seen describe as horrible past all cenception. The dome which covered the body of the church had never been - cleared of the constantly- falling snow, and the immense weight accumulated was toe great for the strength of the worn- out building. The whole dome gave way and fell on the congregation, then kneeling in prayer. It that position 53 female corpses w- ere found after the rains had been cleared by the intrepid bravery . and the untiring- labour of the inhabitants. One female, a bride of 20 years of age, mimed Bono, was alone extri- cated alive, and was carried to her home, with " some hopes of • recovery," says my informant, but she had broken one arm and both her legs. One old man alone perished among the fifty- three women who fell victims in this awfel ruin. It seems to me thatAhere must have been great carelessness somewhere, when, after, nearly a week's incessant fall, the snow was still left to ac- cumulate on the tottering cupola of a mediajval church. Fifty- three women have perished:; but Imagine what would have been the destruction had this catastrophe happened on one of the great festivals of the Church. There would not have been 50 but 500 corpses, now recently buried in the Camps Santo of that little town. THE BANK OF ENGLAND FORGERIES.— The work of the polsce in this affair is by no means at an end. Their labours were facili- tated in the first instance by the disclosures of the young man Kenry Brown and by the general treachery of the gang; but the cliae which lias yet to be followed up will be darker and more in- tricate. Nearly the whole of the paper intended to be used for notes of large amounts remains undiscovered, and has probably been sent abroad. This portion of the stolen material, it may be remembered, was said to have been given by Brown to a mys- terious woman to black, at the Waterloo Station. It is believed that she was the agent of some persons on the Continent, by whom, possibly, & n endeavour will be made to use the genuine paper in the forgery of £ 500 and £ 1,000 notes, fosf which it is fitted. The detectives have redoubled their exertions, and we believe that some further arrests will shortly he. mftdg fe connec- tion with the robbery at La vers toke Mills. LANCASTER RIFLES FOE- THE NEPAULESE AMBASSADOR. His Excellency General Jung Bahador, when in this country a few years ago, was by no means an unobservant vi- sitor of the scientific and mechanical agents of British power. Being a soldier of high rank as well as a statesman, he naturally paid grent attention to the arms and munitions of war, and on his departure, established means here to keeo him thoroughly oonversant, from time to time, with the changes and improve- ments in military weapons. Acting on information furnished to him, he despatched instructions to London for a series of ex- periments to be made with Lancaster's " small bore sporting rifles; the weapons and the tabulated results to be afterwards forwarded to him w ithout delay. These experiments, so far as they could be carried out, were made on Tuesday, the 27th ult, on the prac- tice range at Shoeburyness. The weapons were double bar- reled ones, rifled © n the now well known oval bore principle of Mr Lancaster of Bond- street. The ranges were fixed for 1,350 yards and 1,800 yards respectively; it was intended to have had^ some target practice, but, ' unfor- tunately, the haze covering' the line of range was so constant during the day that the targets at those distances were rendered unworkable. * In consequence of this untoward circumstance the experiments were obliged to be confined to ranges at first graze, and lateral deviation from the line of aim. This line was taken along the line of pickets stuck in the sand, from the firing point to the distant great gun targets, and each shot was measured and registered by a mounted " range- sergeant" of Artillery, therefore the accuracy of the performances may be relied upon. Mr Lan- caster conducted the experiments himself, using a charge of powder of 86 grains, the weight of the elongated bullet being 536 grains. We cannot at present go into scientific details of the " why and the wherefore, " but the following carefully ascertained results of twenty shots, at the two distances, will enable our readers to form a pretty correct notion of the day's results. FIRST RANGE— DISTANCE 1,350 YARDS. SHOT. FIRST GRAZE. MFLECTIONFBOM LINE OF AIM. 1 1,389 yards 1 foot to right. THE VOLUNTEERS. 2 1,354 3 1,366 4 1,378 5 1,375 6 1,414 7 1,368 8 1,360 9 1,388 10 1,301 From this it will be seen that the mean graze, on shot first striking the sand, was 1,371 yards 3 feet, and the mean right deflection was 2 feet 3 inches from the line of fire. We now proceed to give the 1,800 yards practice, which was equally good, the lateral deviation being as near as possible the same. SECOND RANGE. DISTANCE 1,800 YARDS. SHOT. FIRST GRAZE. 1 1,803 yards 2 1,908 „ 3 1,885 „ 4 1,916 „ 5 1,859 SHOT. FIRST GRAZE. 6 1,824 yards. 7 1,833 „ 8 1,936 „ 9 1,911 „ 10 1,931 „ the mean distance for all the shots being 1,880 yards. Mr Lancaster fired from the shoulder, resting the barrel on one of Sturrock's portable folding rests. It is to be noticed that a strong south- west wind was blowing four points off across the range from the right, so that, coupled with that fact and the thick haze that prevailed, the experiments must be considered highly favourable indeed. The weapons and all their performances will be forwarded to Nepaul with the utmost necessary despatch. The same inventor proposes on an early day, weather permitting, to endeavour to ascertain the ultimate range of a rifle ball; from these first grazes, running as far as 1,936 yards at the low angles used, he thinks he will be able to send a ball three miles from one of his oval- bore rifles. CHESS. CHESS PROBLEM. No. 386. By Conrad Bayer. BLACK. • § j § jjj § § j JJ 11 • 11 i ill! • § Jj s j § § Jj jjj | Jj jj jjj 11 11 H § § g # jjj Jjj j § § § JJ jj HI § § § • H • • WHITE. White to move, and mate in four moves. Game Mayet. KP2 Q B P 2 Q Kt B 3 KKtPl KP1 KBP2 K Kt B 3 KRP2 KPXP en P K B 5 PXK P Q K 2 PXP KtXB B K Kt 2 K KB 2 RKR3 between Mayet Hirschfeld. QBP2 KP1 K Kt K 2 Q P 2 Q Kt B 3 QRP1 Kt K Kt S KBP2 p Kt PXP K Kt K 2 QBXP QQ3 BXP QXKt QQ3 K R Kt Castles and Hirschfeld, in Mayet. 18. Q P ] 19. Q B Q 2 20. Kt K R 2 21. Q K R 5 22. Q R K 23. B K Kt 5 24. Kt K B 3 25. BXKt 26. K K B 27. R Q B 28. Q P 1 29. Kt K 5 30. KtXR 31. K K Kt 32. K K It 33. RXP+ Germany. Hirschfeld. K Kt Q 4 B K Kt 2 Q KtQ5 P K B 4 BK4 QRKB Kt K B 3 BXKt P- f QXB Kt K 3 P K R 3 R K Kt 5 PXKt+ QKB7+ PXR K Q Kt, wins. Game between Bellote and Gamurrini, in the Chess Cafe, Rome. Bellote. 1. K P 2 2. K B P 2 3. K Kt B 3 4. K R P 2 5. Kt K 5 6. K B Q B 4 7. PXP 8. QP 2 9. Q Kt B 3 10. BXP 11. K Kt P 1 12. Q K 2 13. K Q 2 14. BXKt Gamurrini. K P 2 PXP K Kt P 2 P K Kt 5 KKtBS QP2 KBQ3 Kt K It 4 Kt Kt 6 KtXR Q B KB4 (" Castles as J lowed in Italy, 1 K to R, and R I KB KtXP P KB3 ( a) What can al- Bellote. 15. QRKB 16. PXP 17. P K 6 18. K Q B 19. PXB 20. B K 5+ 21. RXB 22. QXP+- 23. PK7 Gamurrini. PXKt BQKtS Q Kt B 3 BXKt Q Kt K2 K K Kt RXIt Kt Kt 3 RXB ( a) 24. PXQ, and becomes Rook; as, according to chess in Italy, you can only replace Pawn at eighth by a piece you have lost. RXR 25. P Q 6+ K K R 26. PXP, and wins, he do better? Game between De Lelieand Anderssen, recently, in Amsterdam Club. De Lelie. 1. KP2 2. K Kt B 3 3. B Q Kt 5 4. B Q R 4 5. QP2 6. Castles 7. P K 5 8. Q B P 1 ( a) 9. KRK 10. Q BXP 11. B Q B 2 12. Q Kt Q 2 13. Q Kt K 4 14. K R P 1 15. Kt K R 2 Anderssen. KP2 Q Kt B 3 QRP1 K Kt B 3 PXP KBK2 Kt K 5 PXP PXP KtQ B 4 Kt K3 Q Kt P 2 B Q Kt 2 P Q R 4 PQR5 DeLelle. 16. P Q R 3 17. Kt K Kt 4 18. B Q li 3 19. BXB 20. Kt K 3 21. Kt K B 5 22. Kt Q 6+ 23. PXKt 24. R Q R 3 25. RXB 26. Q K K 5 27. RKKtS( b) 28. K R K 3 29. QQ " 1. R Q R 3 Anderssen. Kt Q R 4 KtQB5 BXKt QBP1 KtXQRP Kt Q B 5 KtXKt B K B3 BXB Castles P K Kt 3 QKB3 PQR6 PQR7 P Q, Kt 5 Anderssen wins. He is a roving Paladin, spending all his leisure in visiting foreign clubs, and teaching them what chess is. ( a) Very small beer indeed. Better take Pawn with Knight. ( b) All moonshine. Game between Herr Wilberg and Hirschfeld, in Berlin, June last. Wilberg. 1. K P 2 2. « BP2 3. Q K B 3 4. Q B P 1 5. K B Q Kt 5 6. BXKt 7. K KtK 2 8. QP1 9. Q Kt Q 2 10. Q Kt P 2 11. QR P2 12. PQR5 Hirschfeld. KP2 K B Q B 4 Q KtB 3 QP1 KBP2 KKtBS Castles B Q Kt3 QRP1 BQR2 Wilberg. 13. B Q Kt 2 14. Q PXP 15. KPXP 16. Q K Kt 3 17. Q K R 3 18. KtXKt 19. Castles Q R 20. K Q Kt 21. P Q B 4 22. Q K B 3 23. KQR Hirschfeld. KB PXP P Q 4 BXP Kt K R 4 KtXP PXKt B K 6 QK B K 3 B K B 4+ QQR5+ Hirschfeld wins. Game between Anderssen and De Heer, in Amsterdam1 Anderssen. 1. KP2 2. K B Q B 4 3. Q Kt B 3 4. QP1 5. K Kt K2 6. Castles 7. Kt K Kt 3 8. Q R P 2 9. B Q 2 10. BQR2 11. PXP 12. Q Kt K 2 13. Q B P I 14. QQB2 15. Q R K 16. B Q Kt 17. BQB 18. K B P 2 19. K B PXP DeHeer. QBP2 KP1 Same QP 1 KKtBS KBK2 QRP1 Castles P Q 4 PXP QQB2 P Q Kt S B Q Kt 2 QRQ R Q 2 K RQ Q KtPl P K 4 KtXP Anderssen. 20. Kt K B 4 21. B K 3 22. KtXKt 23. Q K B 2 24. B Q4 25. QKIil 26. PXR 27. K K R 28. QXKBP+ 29. RQ 30. QXQB 31. RXKt 32. B Q B 2 33. R K B 34. Q K B 7 35. P K 5 36. BXQ 37. B Q B 2 8. QK Kt 6, and wins. De Heer. PQB5 KtQ 6 PXKt Q K 4 Kt K Kt 5 RXB QXP+ P Q 7 K KR BKB3 Kt B 7+ QXR B Q 5 Q K 6 KRP1 P queens BXKP BQ3 Great resource under difficulties, brought on by a naturally careless opening, against an avowedly inferior opponent, marks constantly An- derssen's play. ENTRAPPING OF NEGEO SOLDIERS FOR THE FRENCH.— It ap- pears that the Seine has sailed from Alexandria for Mexico with some 400 or 500 of the Viceroy's negro soldiers. The men had been brought down from Cairo in the usual manner, little sus- pecting what was going to befall them. " Late last night," says a letter of the 8th, " a body of police was sent down to the harbour, where they seized all the boatmen they could lay their hands upon, and despatched them to Meks, a place at the entrance of the harbour, some three miles beyond the terminus of the rail- way, and where the Isthmus of Suez Canal Company has opened its quarries. The Seine, meanwhile, had got up steam, and was lying off" the same spot. With the assistance of the boatmen, the operation of embarking the unfortunate emigrants was soon per- formed. Early this morning all was over, and so well had the thing been managed that the Seine waa miles away out at sea long before there was even a suspicion in the town of what had hap- pened, It is said that the men are required to perform the rough work of the camps in Mexico, for which Europeans have been found altogether unfitted, and which, it is asserted, the negroes, from being Inured to the effects of a tropical climate, will be able to undertake with impunity. But no person, of course, expects that a single one of these unfortunate creatures will ever return to Egypt to give an account of his experiences in the New World. Among the native inhabitants of the town the news has produced no small consternation. It is not, perhaps, that they feel much sympathy for the blacks, but many among them, and more espe- cially the Berberis or Nubians, feel that their skins are not so fail- but that they might also be looked upon as proof against pestilen- tial fevers and vomito prieto." SHIPWRECK ON THE BARBER SANDS.— CAISTOR, NORFOLK, Ji- N 16.—" About twelve o'clock last night," writes the Rev G. W. Steward, of Caistor, " the crew of the lifeboat on this station, beionging to the National Lifeboat Institution, observed a vessel on the Barber Sands, bearing lights. It was blowing strongly at tiie time from the east. The lifeboat was at once launched and goon reached the vessel, which proved to be the schooner Kezia, of Sunderland. Her crew of five hands had just previously left in their own boa*, and were afterwards picked up by the life- boat about a quarter of a mile from the wreck. The captain of the vessel had let go his anchor after the vessel had struck, so that she could not get off the sand. The light had not been burning more than two minutes, the beachmen state, before it was put out, but, having seen the light, the lifeboat's crew went oiF, and, having to tack a little to the southward in order to fetch the vessel, they thus fell in with the crew, who were making for Yarmouth harbour in their own boat. The ship struck a second time on a sand towards the southward, which the boat would most probably have come upon, and could not possibly have lived through the sea. The ship was driven eft the sand again, and went ashore about half- way between Caistor and Yarmouth, about Spur o'clock a. m. The Caistor lifeboat has, during the winter, rendered most nol^ le services on two or three occasions in rescuing shipwrecked crews froa: aai& sviUble death. REPORT OF THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION.— The report of this association has just been published, and, we are happy to say, is highly satisfactory, as there was a balance of nearly £ 3,000 in favour of the association at the close of the financial year in October, and that this is exclusive of plant and value of improve- ments on Wimbledon Common. But, nevertheless, the income of 1862 was less than that of 1861 by £ 235, while the expenditure was greater by £ 108, and it is to be hoped that this amount will be, at least, made up this year. The total income of 1862 was £ 9,808 9s 4d, and the total expenditure £ 9,087 2s 6d. We hope that as soon as the association's balance amounts to £ 5,000, the annual interest thereof, with all excess of income from year to year, will be devoted to the augmentation of the prize list, not so much in amount as by addition to the number of prizes. The number of members now upon the books is only 1827— of whom 378 are life subscribers, 986 are annual subscribers, and 463 are members of county organisations, paying 10s per head a year to the central association. At this statement we confess to considerable surprise, for if there be, as - ve are told, 150,000 volunteers on the War Office lists, and if the average strength of companies be 75, as we will assume for the sake of argument, there will be 6,000 company officers, besides the officers of the regimental staff. Thus we arrive at about 8,000 as the number of volunteer officers holding commissions, and surely these at least, to say nothing of wealthy privates and honorary members, ought to subscribe something to the National Association. We know that there are many expenses already incumbent on officers, but the membership of the National Rifle Association may be pur- chased at the small cost of a guinea a year, and the privileges hereafter enumerated are surely worth the money:—" Free admission to the ground during the whole period of the prize meeting, and to the review, with free reserved seats in the Grand Stand. Free admission, likewise, to the distribution of prizes at the Crystal Palace, where seats are also reserved for members. Besides these privileges, there is the Members' Cup, the competition for which is confined to members who have paid their annual subscription; and, finally, a copy of the annual re- port containing the statistics of shooting is given to each member gratis." We therefore anticipatecthat if the claims of the National Rifle Association were fairly brought before the bulk of the volunteer officers the association would reap large results in the way of additional subscriptions, and the force at large would be directly benefited. The report enters into very in- telligible detail concerning the meeting at Wimbledon in July. The plans of " running deer'' target, and of Mr Hill's new and excellent system of construction and mark- ing, are particularly valuable, while the tabular arrangement of the score is at once clear and accurate. The scores of the meetings of the County and Colonial Associations, in union with the National, are also valuable, as showing the progress which the science of shooting is making among Englishmen. All things considered, the report is most satisfactory, and, costing but half- a- crown, it will be doubtless in the hands < Jf all who take an in- terest in the association, so that we need not enter into any fur- ther examination of it, but may content ourselves with the an- nouncement of its issue, and with the expression of a hope that the report for 1863 will be even more cheering. PASSING EVENTS, Mr J. Hamilton Braham, the bass singer, eldest son of the late Mr Braham, died a few days since, at Margate, aged 48. We have to record the death of Mr Chandos Pole, which took place on the 19th inst, at Radborne Hall. Mr Pole was born March 1, 1792. He was the head of one of the oldest families in Derbyshire. A boy, five years old, has died in Manchester from drinking raw- whisky. He and his brother got a bottle of the spirits surrep- titiously, and, supposing it to be ginger beer, drank the whole of it. One recovered, the other died. TOTNES ELECTION.— On Tuesday Mr Alfred Seymour, the Liberal candidate, was returned for Totnes by a majority of eight over Mr John Dent, the Conservative. The numbers were— Sey- mour 165, Dent 157. DEATH OF THE LIEUTENANT- GOVERNOR OF^ THE ISLE OF MAN.— We have to announce that the Lieutenant- Governor of the Isle of Man ( Mr Francis Pigott Stainsby Conant) expired on Wednesday morning at his seat, Heckfield Heath, Hants. His Excellency represented the borough of Reading as a Liberal from the year 1847 to November, 1861, and was held in high esteem by all classes of the constituency, for his very affable and courteous demeanour. He had been unwell for some time, and he came to England a few weeks since for the purpose of being under the care of an eminent London physician. DEATH OF SIR DUNCAN CAMERON.— The Scotsman announces the death, in his 87th year, of Sir Duncan Cameron, Bart, of Fassifern and Callart. - Sir Duncan was the brother of the cele- brated Colonel John Cameron, who fell at Quatre Bras, and whose chivalry and daring led to his being reputed one of the most gal- lant soldiers of his day. Sir Duncan spent his younger years at the bar in Edinburgh. He succeeded to the baronetcy and estates in 1828, since which time he has given himself to the manage- ment of his property. On Tuesday, the dowager Countess Waldegrave, or rather Mrs G. G. Harcourt, was married, for the fourth time, the bridegroom being Mr Chichester Fortescue, M. 1"., and Under Secretary for the Colonies. The bride, who is in her 43d year, is the eldest daughter of Mr Braham, the celebrated singer. Her first hus- band was Mr John James Waldegrave; the second, the seventh Earl of Waldegrave; and the third, Mr George Granville Har- court, son of the Archbishop of York. A CUMBERLAND MAGISTRATE ACCIDENTALLY DROWNED.— On Sunday last the body of Mr Edward Atkinson Burrow, of Carlton Hall, Cumberland, a magistrate of the county, was found drowned in the River Irt. On Saturday, it appears, he had been at Bootle, near Whitehaven, with a horse and conveyance, and left there about seven o'clock in the evening. Shortly afterwards he was seen passing through the railway gates, with his lamps lighted, on his way to Esk Meals, where he would have to cross the water. The river is at this part affected by the rise of the tide, and it is supposed that the unfortunate gentleman had been mistaken as to the time the sea would be at high water, and had been drowned in attempting to make his way across. His horse returned to the neighbourhood of Bootle, and was found in a farm yard at three o'clock next morning, Information having been given to the county police, search was made, and the body was found that morning, about eleven o'clock, about 100 yards below Esk Meals. SHOCKING ACCIDENT AT NICE.— On Wednesday week a grand ball was given by an English lady te the King of Bavaria, and among the guests were Captain, Mrs, and Miss Mary Johnstone Gordon, the latter a lovely girl of 19. Captain Gordon, being an invalid, left early, and on leaving was upset in his carriage, but without injury. Mrs and Miss Gordon left at about - half- past two, and, the night being wet and cold, Miss Gordon went to the fire, which had been kept up for their return. She took off her bracelets, & c, and put them on the fireplace; she then turned round, and the bottom of her dress caught tire, the fireplace being a low French one. She rushed to her mother's room, which was some distance off, and in a minute both were in flames. Captain Gordon was roused, and rushed in, receiving some burns about the legs. Mrs Johnstone Gordon is severely injured, but her case is not considered quite hopeless, but poor Miss Gordon died in a few hours. She does not appear to have suffered much pain after the first, but sunk under the shock to the nervous system, her body being fearfully burnt. Captain Gordon is a brother of Mr Johnstone of Alva, and took his wife's name on their marriage. HUNGERFORD SUSPENSION BRIDGE.— On Tuesday a number of workmen were emplo3' ed in removing the brickwork sur- rounding the anchorage of the chains on the Surrey side of this bridge, preparatory to taking down the massive links from which the footway was suspended. The only portions of Hungerford Bridge still remaining are the two lofty Italian towers in the centre of the river and the chains— which latter are now in the course of removal. The whole of the bridge proper, or footway, has been cleared away, many of the suspending irons having been left loosely hanging from the chains. Hungerford Suspension Bridge has been used for public traffic since the lst of May, 1845 ( on which day it was opened), a period of 17 years. Its length was 1,342ft, the width being 14ft, while the length of the central span was 676ft. About 700 tons of iron were used in its construc- tion, at a cost of £ 17,000; the nufconry of the structure costing £ 60.000, and the approaches £ 13,000. The total cost of the bridge, which was erected from the designs of Mr I. K. Brunei, amounted to £ 102,215. THE COLLIERY CALAMITY AT WORSBOUGH DALE.— After more than a month of tedious expectation, the operationlftf flooding Edmund's Main Colliery is at length completed. The explosion, it will be recollected, occurred on the 8th of December, and on the Thursday following the stream of water commenced to flow into the mine. About a fortnight ago means were taken to in- crease the stream, and by deepening the trench nearly double the former supply was obtained. At ten o'clock on Friday morning week the pit was full, the water having reached the roof on both sides, but not being quite up to the roof of the arch at the bottom of the downcast shaft. A consultation of several eminent en- gineers has taken place at the colliery offices to decide upon the future course of operation, and it was ultimately resolved to allow the water to flow into the mine until it had filled up the shaft for some feet above the arch, and then, after waiting a day or two, to make assurance doubly sure, to commence pumping out the mine. There can be no doubt that this operation will occupy several months. It is estimated that there are 25 acres under water; and as the pumps do not extend beyond the top of the " engine plane," the water in the extensive " dip- boards" will have to be got out by a laborious process. The gentlemen who have charge of the operations for the recovery of the bodies expect to find many of the miners at the first " half- way," which is a con- siderable distance down the engine plane. Every available means will be employed to empty the mine as soon as possible, but the most sanguine do not anticipate that the bodies will be recovered in less than two or three months. SWINDLING IN FRANCE.— The police of Marseilles have just succeeded in arresting a knot of remarkable swindl'ers. Several banking houses in Alexandria have lately been victimised by a swindler named Linker to the extent of at least £ 20,000. Linker had several accomplices, by whose means he expected to receive value for the draughts which he had obtained from the bankers of Alexandria by fraudulent pretences. Notice having been given to the police of Marseilles, measures were adopted to arrest one cf the gang, named Weinberg, brother- in- law of Linker. Draughts were found in the possession of Weinberg to the amount of £ 12,000. It was known, however, that Weinberg was possessed of a much larger amount of property, and, as he would not give any infor- mation on the subject, further inquiries were instituted, when it was ascertained that he had negotiated one draught with a banker at Marseilles, from whom he received 29,000 francs in bank- notes. Weinberg's sister and wife of Linker, who inhabited the same house as her brother, v^ as then interro- gated by the Commissary of Police, and she confessed that she had the bank notes in her possession, which she handed to the police official. Then, fearing that she had compromised herself, and might be arrested, she quitted Marseilles and proceeded to Paris. - A telegram was forthwith despatched, and she was ar- rested on her arrival at the railway terminus. A sum of 79,000 francs was found in her possession. ' The elder brotlur of Weinberg, another accomplice, arrived at the same time from Paris, and draughts to the amount of 13,000 francs were found in his possession. It was likewise discovered that letters addressed to Madame Linker were dropped into the Post Office. They were seized, and in them securities to the amount of 62,000 francs were found. The police of Marseilles have arrested the swindlers, and at the same time recovered the large sum of which the Egyptian bankers were defrauded. EXTENSIVE FIRE.— A fire, attended with the destruction of considerable property, occurred at Gloucester on Sunday. Near the Gloucester or eastern baanch of the Severn, close to the West- gate Bridge, has stood for many years a large steam flour mill. The building was four storeys nigh, contained four pairs of stones, and is occupied at the present time by Messrs Reynolds and Allen. The practice has been to work the mill up to twelve o'clock on Saturday nights, and resume work again at one o'clock on Mon- day mornings. So far as we have ascertained this was done on Saturday night, and at the time the workmen left the premises were apparently safe. About eight o'clock in the morning, how- ever, a fire was found to be raging in the upper story ; the wes- tern side of the premises is exposed to the unbroken westerly gales which sweep up the Bristol Channel, and, stimulated by a strong wind in that direction, the flames quickly gained uncon- trollable power. The mill was well and strongly built, but as each window was burst open by the internal heat, the breeze rushed in, the timbers of the roof ignited, and as the flames burst upwards they presented a grand appearance, notwithstanding that, as the morningadvanced, the landscape was bathedin a bright flood of golden sunshine. Tlie engines were quickly at the scene of the disaster, and everything was done to prevent the conflagra- tion extending, while a portion of a large quantity of grain with which the mill was stored was got out into the streetipr secured in barges, which were conveyed up the river to the water side of the premises. By ten o'clock the whole of the main por- tion of the mill was completely gutted, and a sort of wing to the building was also destroyed, but the machinery was all saved. The eastern wall, about 40ft high, fell about one o'clock, and did considerable damage to the premises of Mr Montagu, iron- founder, which adjoin. It is impossible to obtain any estimate at the present moment of the damage sustained.— The Albion Hotel, one ® f the principal inns in Bury, was destroyed by fire on Sunday morning, and the body of the " boots'' was found among the ruins after the fire was put out. The fire is supposed to have originated in the boots's bedroom, but it was some time before the inmates of the house were aroused, and still longer before a fire engine arrived. HEALTH OF LONDON.— The deaths in the week ending Jan 17 were 1,477, about the average number. From phthisis there were 173 deaths, from bronchitis 170, measles 66, scarlatina 81, diph- theria 15, The i- irti^ . were 984 boys and 947 girls— total 1,931, THE RECENT GALES, During Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday, the whole kingdom has been visited with heavy gales of wind, chiefly from the N. W., and an immense amount of damage has been done to shipping, to houses, and other property, although we are happy to state that the loss of life has been much less than during the preceding heavy weather. In the Isle of Anglesea both the lines of rail on the railway at Bagilt have been torn up, and for some time the rails at Abergele were six feet under water. At Blackpool the new pier has been blown down, and utterly destroyed. The life- boat- house at Fleetwood has been washed away, and the boat itself much damaged. At Soutliport on Tuesday there was a perfect hurricane, and its direction being nearly due west, the tide was driven in with fearful violence, and rose to a greater height than it has reached here for above 20 years. The damage done is very csnsiderable, especially to the sea walls and slopes. Several yards of the promenade slope have been torn up by the waves, and at the Strangers' Charity the sea wall has been washed down, and great damage done to the ground in front of the building. The targets on the rifle range have been overturned, and a store liut, erected on the shore, in which was deposited a considerable amount of property, has been completely destroyed. To this we may add that one of the massive doors of the lifeboat- house on the shore has been forced from its hinges, and other damage done to the building. At Preston, on Tuesday afternoon, the river Ribble overflowed its banks for miles. Fields and hedges were completely inundated, and several persons had narrow escapes. The south- west portion of the town was flooded most alarmingly. In the metropolis, on Tuesday morning, the gale was the cause of a fatal accident in the Globe- road, Mile End. The house No. 5, York- street, was occupied by a Mr Cobbett and his family, and a large chimney- stack fell through the roof with a loud crash that awakened the neighbours. A fireman of the London Fire Brigade succeeded in entering the premises, when Mr Cobbett, aged 30, Mrs M. Cobbett, aged 29, and two children, one aged three years and the other nine months, were found in bed, buried among the ruins. Mr Cobbett and the two children were extricated, all suf- fering from severe bruises ; but it was impossible at once to take out Mrs Cobbett, who, however, was quite dead. Measures were at once taken to secure another stack of chimneys threatening a neighbouring house. It is officially reported that the shipping in the river, the docks, and other places were extensively da- maged; and in the Thames sundry small craft were forced from their moorings, and carried far away by the force of the wind. A man named Bradford, who was navigating a barge off Pickle Herring Pier, was blown off into the water and drowned. At eleven o'clock, on Tuesday, when the tide was at its lowest point, a singular scene presented itself between Westminster and Hungerford bridges. From an early hour in the morning, commencing, in fact, shortly after midnight, the gale, amounting almost to a hurricane, raged from the north- west, accompanied by a heavy rain. The consequence was that the natural run of the tide was greatly accelerated by the wind. The water was, so to speak, brushed out of the river, and to such an extent was this the case that the part of the river in question was dry to an almost unexampled degree. Several islands of gravel of considerable extent presented them- selves, and at one time there were no less than four steamers— two of the iron boats and two citizens— aground in front of West- minster Bridge. The passengers, after a considerable delay, were got off' in small boats, and rowed ashore. At Blackfriars Bridge great consternation was caused amongst the foot- passengers and those riding outside of the vehicles, in consequence of the sudden snapping of one of the telegraph wires stretching from Chatham- place to Albion- place on the " up" side of the bridge. It will be remembered that this wire broke some few months back, and in its fall dragged a gentleman off an omnibus, by which he received such severe injuries that death resulted. Fortunately, when the wire broke this time it fell into the river, and did no harm. At the East End of London the effects of the gale were most disas- trous, and the shipping in the river were seriously damaged. The officers of the Thames police were engaged from one o'clock in the morning until daybreak upon the Thames, from the lower side of London Bridge to Greenwich, in their galleys, in securing the shipping which had broken away from their moorings during the night from the wharfs and other places. At Cuckold's Point, a boat, containing two labourers and a waterman, was capsized by the wind, and one man named Jas. M'Carthy, of 2, Fountain- court, Rotherhitlie, was drowned before assistance could be ren- dered. A FIGHT WITH THE BAILIFFS AT WEDXESBURY.— At the Wednesbury police- court < n Tuesday, Jan 20, before W. Partridge, Esq, stipendiary, Samuel Hackwood, parish constable, Selina Rowley, and Robert Rowley, her son, were charged with having on Saturday, Jan 17, induced a great number of people to riot and to eject from possession of the Horse and Jockey public- house High Bullen, certain county court bailifls, who were then in possession, under an order from the Judge of Walsall County Court. Possession was claimed by the bailiffs in the name of the assignees of an Elizabeth Gwilt, of West Bromwich, and ac- cording to the opening statement of Mr Duignan, who represented the assignees, the house, known well as the Horse and Jockey, in the High Bullen, Wednesburj7, was formerly in the occupation of the well- known pugilist, George Rowley, but had been for a long time in the bankrupt's name, her name being over the door and on the licenses, but the defendant, Mrs Rowley, had lived there, and managed the business. Under the bankruptcy the bailiffs entered the house, and had possession for two or three weeks, until the assignees could get a customer for the stock and good- will, and Mrs Rowley was allowed to remain there until her conduct was so bad that she was ordered to leave the pre- mises. This she refused to do, and was backed up by some of her friends. Mr Megevan, the high bailiff, at length ob- tained sufficient force, and she and her friends were ejected. On Saturday Janl7, however, the defendant Hackwood gottogether between 300 and 400 people, and between three and four o'clock on that afternoon they broke into the house and forcibly ejected the bailiff's, injuring one of them so seriously that he had kept his bed ever siHce. The defendants and their friends at the present time remained in triumphant possession of the place, and were very much depreciating the value of the stock. The assignees had succeeded in getting a customer for the goodwill and effects for £ 220, and that sum would enable the creditors to obtain a dividend of about 10s in the pound, but if the defendants were allowed to run riot in the house for a week the value of the stock would pro- bably be much decreased.— The defendant disputed the assignee's right of possession, aud said he had a great number of witnesses to bring forward, and craved an adjournment ( to rwhich the ma- gistrate consented) till Thursday.— A charge against Hackwood, of assaulting one of the bailiff's in the execution of his duty, was also postponed, and this closed the proceedings in court.— A con- sultation between Major M'Knight ( deputy chief constable), Mr M'Gevan, Mr Inspector Holland, and Mr Bartlett subsequently took place, the result of which was that, in the course of the after- noon the high bailiff and four or five bailiffs of the county court went up together to the Horse and Jockey to re- obtain possession. Major M'Knight, Mr Inspector Holland, and the majority of the division of the police were at hand to prevent a breach of the peace. A crowd of people, numbering 150 or 200, as- sembled in front of the house. After the bailiffs had knocked at the doors and requested admittance, and were refused, one of the bailiffs attempted to force a door with a crowbar. This door being too firmly barricaded to yield to such force, the window was attempted, and, after some difficulty, the shutters were forced and the sashes were shattered. Mrs Rowley and the besieged then appeared, armed with formidable weapons, which they threaten to use upon the head of the first bailiff who should dare te enter, and thus the keepers were held at bay for some time. At length Major M'Knight held a parley with Mrs. Row- ley, which resulted in the bailiff's entering through the window. They remained in the house for a considerable time, and in the meanwhile the mob outside shouted er. courgement to Mrs. Row- ley and her friends who had so gallantly defended the fortress. A row at the door called general attention to it, and when it was opened Robert Rowley, the son, was forcibly ejected. He resisted boldly, and assaulted two of the bailiffs in the street, which was the signal for the interference of the police, who, amongst the yelling of the mob, took him into custody. Benjamin Rowley, uncle to the young man, was afterwards ejected, and as he was violent he was also taken to the station. After the siege had lasted nearly an hour, Mrs Rowley, considering, perhaps, that discretion was in such a case the better part of valour, and espe- cially as she had given unmistakable proof of valour during the conflict, escaped by a side window, and so the bailiffs were left in possession. They immediately commenced removing the goods, an operation which occupied a long time. It was anticipated that in the course of the night some disturbance might take place, but the police were on the spot to suppress anything of the kind, should it be attempted. The affair has excited much interest in the town. THE CONSOLIDATED FUND.— Perhaps a recapitulation of the charges sustained by this long- suffering fund will possess some interest to the reader. Her Majesty's Privy purse absorbed £ 385,000 in 1861- 2, as compared with the same amount in 1860- 1; pensions, per Act lst Victoria, cap 2 ( class 5)— not a very clear definition it must be admitted—£ 19,261 in 1861- 2, as compared with £ 19,160 in 1860- 1; the allowance to his Royal Highness the late Prince Consort, £ 28,103 ( to December 9, 1861) in 1861- 2, as compared with £ 30,000 in 1860- 1; her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, £ 5,833 ( to March 16, 1861) in 1861- 2, as com- pared with £ 30,000 in 1860- 1; her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, £ 6,000 in both years; her Royal Highness the Duchess of Mecklenburg- Strelitz, £ 3,000 in both years ; his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, £ 12,000 in both years; her Royal Highness the Princess Mary of Cambridge, £- 3,000 in both years; her Royal Highness the Princess Royal, £ 8,000 in both years; aud His Majesty the King of the Belgians, £ 50,000 in both years; making a total of £ 520,197 in 1861- 2, as compared with £ 546,395 in 1860- 1. Naval and military pensions ab- sorbed £ 37,997 in both years, pensions for civil services, £ 36,000 in 1861- 2, as compared with £ 38,078 in 1860- 1; pensions for judicial services, £ 71,859 in 1861- 2, as compared with £ 72,571 in 1860- 1 ; the hereditary pension to the Duke of Marlborough, £ 4,000 in both years; the hereditary pension to the heirs of the Duke of Schomberg, £ 2,160in both years; a moiety of the Earl of Bath's pension, £ 1,200 in both years; servants of George III, Queen Charlotte and Queen Caroline, £ 2,534 in 1861- 2, as compared with £ 2,621 in 1860- 1; pensions formerly on the civil list of George IV, and William IV, £ 31,127 in 1861- 2, as compared with £ 33,254 in 1860- 1 ; pensions formerly on the civil list ( Ireland), £ 9,108 in 1861- 2, as compared with £ 9,584 in 1860- 1; and miscellaneous pensions, £ 1,039 in 1861- 2, as compared with £ 1,072 in 1860- 1, making a total of £ 177,025 in 1861- 2, as compared with £ 202,537 in 1860- 1. The salaries paid out of the Consolidated Fund were as follows in the two years :— The Speaker of the House of Commons £ 6,200 in both years; the Controller General £ 2,000 in both years; the Commissioners for the Audit of the Public Accounts, £ 5,100 in 1861- 2, as compared with £ 5,351 in 1860- 1; the Lunacy Commissioners, & c, £ 11,929 in 1861- 2, as compared with £ 12,278 in 1860- 1; the augmentation of Scotch clergy stipends, £ 17,040 in both years; ecclesiastical establishments in the West Indies, £ 20,300 in both years ; the civil government, Isle of Man, £ 10,468, in 1861- 2, as compared with £ 10,132 in 1860- 1 ; the Lord- Lieutenant of Ireland, £ 20,000 in both years; the Maynooth College, £ 26,360 in both years ; the Queen's Colleges ( Ireland), £ 21,000 in 1861- 2, as compared with £ 20,987 in 1860- 1; and mis cellaneous, £ 15,462 in 1861- 2, as compared with £ 15,285 in 1860- 1; making a total of £ 155,859 in 1861- 2, as compared with £ 155,933 in 1860- 1. The other payments out of the fund were :— Diplomatic service, £ 174,424 in 1861- 2, as compared with £ 172,458 in 1860- 1 ; judges and officers of courts of justice, £ 695,790 in 1861- 2, as com- pared with £ 700,575 in 1860- 1 ; interest and sinking fund on Russian- Dutch loan, £ 78,99- 3 in 1861- 2, as compared with £ SO, 761 in 1860- 1; interest and sinking fund on Greek loan, £ 47,213 in 1861- 2, as compared with £ 47,306 in 1860- 1 ; Commissioners of Greenwich Hospital, £ 20,000 in both years; secret service money, £ 10,000 in both years; improvement of harbours, Isle of Man, £ 23,038 in 1861- 2 ( this item does not appear in the accounts of 1860- 1); expenses of constructing certain fortifications, & c, £ 970,000 in 1861- 2, as compared with £ 50,000 in 1860- 1 ; wine drawbrack allowances, nil in 1861- 2, as compared with £ 288,218 in 1860- 1; compensation for the loss of duties on tin, & c, £ 17,633 in 1861- 2, as compared with £ 22,247 in 1860- 1 ; and moiety of ex- pense of revision of rateable property ( Ireland), £ 5,400 in 1861- 2 ; making a total of £ 2,042,491 in 1861- 2, as compared with £ 1,391,566 in 1860- 1. The aggregate payments out of the fund were con- sequently £ 2,895,572 in 1861- 2, as compared with £ 2,296,428 in 1860- 1. NOVEL CONTEST ON A RACE COURSE.— On Monday a sensation was created on the Aintree race course, near Liverpool, by a race between an elephant of Mr Bell's hippodrome, same adult and juvenile runners, and several ponies. The interest excited in the race was so great that it was quite impossible to obtain a clear course, and a false start having been made the race was run without any decisive result being obtained. All bets were there- fore declared off. The elephant ran very well. SUNDAY EXCURSION TRAINS AND THE BISHOPS.— On Wed- nesday evening a numerously attended public, meeting was held in Cambridge Hall. Newman- street, [ Oxford- street, for the pur- pose, as stated in the bills announcing the meeting, " of protest- ing against the recent attempt on the part of the bishops to diminish the innocet'j enjoyments of the working classes, and of adopting a memorial to the directors of the various railways in favour of Sunday excursion trains.— Mr Wm. Louden having been voted ta the chair, letters excusing their absence from un- avoidable causes, but expressing approval of the objects of the meeting, were read from Mr W. Scholefield, M. P., General Per- ronet Thompson, Mr John Stuart Mill, and others.— The chair- man then opened the proceedings by commenting on the memo- rial which had been got up by the bishops, and the injustice which its adoption would inflict on the working classes.— Mr Slack then moved a resolution condemnatory of the proposed sup- pression of Sunday excursion trains as mischievous and vexatious, and as an attempt at coercion and dictation to which as English- men they offered the most strenuous opposition.— The resolution having been seconded, was carried with only three dissentients.— A memorial was then adopted to the directors of the railways on which Sunday excursion trains are run, praying them to continue them, and the proceedings terminated with a ^ ote of thanks to the chairman, POLICE. EXTENSIVE SEIZURE OF SMUGGLED TOBACCO.— On Monday, before the magistrates at York, Leopold Lowenthall, of Edin- burgh, was charged with unshipping, or being concerned in un- shipping, or otherwise dealing in 4421b of cigars and 1781b of manufactured tobacco, whereby he had forfeited a penalty of £ 1,578 6s 3d. These proceedings were instituted by the Board of Customs, and the information was laid under the 234th section of the Customs Consolidation Act. On Tuesday, the 13tli inst, the prisoner went to the office of the North Eastern Railway Company at York, and requested that a conveyance might be sent to his lodgings, Mrs Gill's, North- street, to remove nine casks, for the purpose of being forwarded to Edinburgh. On being asked what the casks contained he said black lead. On the following morn- ing a rully was sent to his lodgings, and the prisoner assisted in placing the casks upon the vehicle. They were then conveyed to the railway station, eight of them being addressed to Mr J. Low- enthall, 63, South- bridge, Edinburgh, and the other to Mr T, Wilson, to be left at the Edinbui gh goods' station. From in- formation which Mr Haley, the chief constable at York, had re- ceived he had placed one of his officers, Sergeant Duke, to watch the premises where the prisoner was lodging. After the casks had been removed to the railway station, the chief constable proceeded thither, and having caused one of the casks to be broken open, he found it to contain cigars. He at once saw Mr White, the super- visor of Inland Revenue, who seized the nine casks. Eight of them were found to contain cigars, and the other cask manu- factured tobacco. On proceeding to the prisoner's lodgings along with the chief constable, they found 381b of tobacco and some « igars. They also discovered behind the premises 17 sofas, in which it was believed the cigars and tobacco had been introduced into this country. On the 5th inst an importation of furniture took place at Hull, and that furniture was removed to York and delivered at the prisoner's lodgings. In that city he had gone by the name of Patterson. Besides the sofas there were found in the warehouse a nnmber of foreign newspapers, as well as a quantity of sea- weed, which appeared to have been used in packing, and there was a very strong smell of tobacco. The prisoner hacl pur- chased nine empty casks, and they were proved to be those which contained the toteacco. He admitted that the property was his, and said he had bought it, but the less he said about it the better. Mr Pretty, a surveyor residing at Hull, estimated the treble value of the cigars and tobacco found in the casks at 1,578 6s 3d. The magistrates convicted the accused in a penalty of that amount, together with the costs. He was then further charged with un- shipping, or otherwise dealing in 3Slb of manufactured tobacco found at his lodgings. He pleaded Guilty, and in this case was fined £ 100 and the costs. He was committed to prison until the penalties shall be paid. MURDER OF A CONSTABLE.— At Hammersmith, on Tuesday, two labourers, brothers, named Joseph Brooks, aged 25, and Isaac Brooks, aged 23, were charged with the wilful murder of William Davey, 84 T, by shooting him through the head. It appeared from the evidence that the deceased was on duty at Acton in the course of Monday afternoon, when he stopped two men carrying planks. On giving an unsatisfactory account of their possession, he attempted to take both of them into custody. One succeeded in escaping while he was taking the other to the station; the latter threw the planks down upon the feet of the constable, and ran away. The constable afterwards mentioned the occurrence to the sergeant, and it was arranged that they should go to the place from where the planks had been taken, and endeavour to obtain further evidence. The sergeant was, however, anxious for the constable to remain on his beat, and he gave him leave to go home to get his supper first. He went down Church- road at half- past eight o'clock for the purpose. He had scarcely got into his back parlour before there was a knock at the door. His wife answered the door and then called " William.'' He passed along the passage, and had scarcely got to the threshold when a gun was fired at him. The greater por- tion of his head was carried away, and he was kitled. Police- sergeant Arthur Bonnick, 19 T, said the deceased, in speak- ing to him of the theft, said that the voice of one of the men was familiar to him, and that both resembled the two Brooks's, who were at work. opposite to the place whence the timber was taken. — Inspector Searl, of the T Division, said that on Monday night he proceeded with Inspector Scotney to No. 1, Chapel- place, Back- common, Turnham- green. They were admitted by the prisoner Isaac, and they found the prisoner Joseph in bed. They both appeared to tremble very much. He asked if they had any fire- arms. Joseph said, " I have none ; I had a gun,' but I left it at the shop at Acton." The witness requested him to get out of bed, and it was then turned down. In the corner of the bed, under the place where he had been lying, they found a gun between th> mattress and tke bed. He said, " Oh, I forgot I had it there.' While he was dressing a powder flask feW from his cord jacket. It fell on to the bed clothes, and it was picked up by Sergeant Byden. After it fell from his pocket, he endeavoured to turn the clothes over it to prevent it being seen. Heasked Joseph where he had been during the evening, and he replied " Nowhere." While Joseph was dressing, he treated the matter as a joke. He laughed, and asked who the man was that had been shot. He, witness, examined the gun, and found that it had been recently discharged. He examined it before leaving the room. If it had been discharged two or three days before it would have been rusty. The powder inside the barrel was quite wet. He exa- mined the lock. It was a cap lock. There was no cap on it. He found neither shots nor caps. At the station Joseph said, " The fun is dirty, and has been used, I know ; I sponged it once on hursday, but not since." Before leaving the house he said the gun had been pledged, and was redeemed the previous evening. The wife of Isaac said, in the presence of the prisoners, that she had been to Hammersmith with a young woman named Jane Lake, and had redeemed the gun. She afterwards said that Jane Lake went alone.— Mr W. Ayres said : I am a pawnbroker at Waterloo- street, Hammersmith. The gun was pawned at my shop on Saturday last. I delivered it to two women about half- past seven o'clock on Monday evening. They pledged a pair of trousers for 7s 6d, and took out the gun. I know one of the women. Her name is Lake. The gun was pledged in the name of Brooks. The gun was quite clean when I delivered it out. My foreman, who is not here, took it iif.— Mr Dayman remanded both prisoners for a week. CAUTION TO PHOTOGRAPHERS.— At Clerkenwell, on Wednes- day, Charles Daniels, a photographer, carrying on business at No. 1, Penton- place, Pentonville, was charged before Mr Barker, at Clerkenwell, with selling a copy or colourable imitation of a photograph of Mr Sothern as Lord Dundreary, without the con- sent of Henry Hering, photographic artist, of 137, Regent- street, the proprietor of the subsisting copyright of such photograph, and knowing the said copy or imitation had been unlawfully made.— Mr F. F, Brandt, attended for the complainants, and m opening the case said that he was instructed by Mr Bowen May, solicitor for the protection of the photographic trade, and not in connection with the trade or profession of engravers. Mr Hering had published portraits of Mr Sothern in ten different positions in his character of Lord Dundreary, and as soon as those portraits came out they met with an enormous sale. Shortly after- wards the piracies complained of appeared in windows in different parts of thetown for sale at a much reduced price; and an inquiry being set on foot, two of the spurious portraits had been purchased at the shop of Messrs Palmer and Sutton, in Tottenham- court- road; and that firm, on being applied to, gave the name of Mr Daniels, thepftsentdefendant, as the person from whom they- had re- ceived the supply. On thisinformationbeinggiven by Messrs Palmer and Sutton, a letter was written to tliedefendantby Mr BowenMay, in the following terms:—" 67, Russell- square, Dec 31, 1862.— " Sir: I am instructed by Mr Hering to take proceedings against you to recover compensation in damages for selling pirated copies of his photograph of Lord Dundreary. If you at once come forward, give up the name of the manufacturer— if you are not he— and undertake not to offend again, my client will be satisfied with the payment of a very small penalty. Your imme- diate attention is necessary.'' Of this communication the de- fendant did not take the least notice. After an inspection had been madeiof the photographs at Palmer and Sutton's, Mr Bowen May wrote the following letter, dated January 2, 1863:—" I have satisfied myself that you did sell to Messrs Palmer and Sutton the pirated photographs, and unless you forthwith give up the name of the manufacturer I must assume you are unable to do so, from the fact that you have the negatives and print yourself." Still no reply was received, and hence the present summons was issued under the 6th section of the 26th and 27th Victoria, cap 68, entitled " An act for amending the laws relating to copyright in works of art, and for the suppressing the commission of fraud in the production and sale of such works." The complainant having some doubts as to whether his productions might be pirated, had published on the face and back of them that they were copyright, and therefore the defendant could not plead ignorance of the fact. The opening was sustained by the evidence, and the defendant was fined £ 3 0s 6d, with £ 2 2s costs. He was then charged with a similar offence in pirating a likeness of Sir E. B. Lytton, pub- lished by Mr Mayall, and, being convicted, was fined in a like penalty. FALSE CHARACTERS.— At Worship- street, ® n Wednesday, Wil- liam Maplesden, of the Holywell, High- street, Shoreditch, was fined the mitigated penalty of £ 10 and costs, for giving a false character to one Squires, by which means Squires obtained a si- tuation at the Corner Pin in Goswell- street, St Luke's. THE NEW POACHING ACT.— In the Common Pleas, on Wed- nesday, an appeal was heard of Brown and others against Turner. It was a case stated by justices for the opinion of the court, and the following were the circumstances:— The appellants were on Sunday, the 12th October last, about half- past six in the morning, met by a policeman upon a highway leading from Coggeshall to Braintee, in Essex, and he, suspecting that they had come from land where they had been unlawfully in pursuit of game, charged them with that offence. He noticed that Brown had something bulky upon him, and upon searching him found that he had five dead rabbits, which had been recently killed, and also an iron spud. The other appellants walked on while Brown was being searched. On the same day another of the appellants, named Melbourne, was found in bed, and his clothes and shoes were more muddy than they M ould have been from merely walking on the road. At the house of another of the appellants, named Chap- man, there was found in his coat pocket u net for taking rabbits, and from it there flew some rabbit fur, and the cuffs of the man's coat had fresh blood upon them. It was further proved that another of the appellants, named Hatchett, had sold a rabbit on the Sunday at a beer- house for 6d. There was no evidence that the appellants had been seen off the high road, but it was shown that they had been seen at three on the same morning some distance further along the road. Further, there was no evidence that the rabbits had been unlawfully obtained, or that they had been lawfully obtained ; and the question was whether it was incumbent upon the prosecutor to show that the appellants had been unlawfully upon any land in pursuit of game, and so had become unlawfully possessed of the rabbits, or whether there was evidence from which the magistrates could infer that the ap- pellants had been unlawfully in pursuit of game, or accessory thereto. The justices convicted in a nominal penalty for the pur- pose of having the point determined.— Mr Martin, for the appel- lants, said that the question turned upon the construction of the second section of the 25th and 26th Vic., cap 114, and under that section he contended that it was incumbent on the prosecutor to show that the appellants had been on land in pursuit of game, and that the justices were not entitled to infer it from the circum- stances which had been proved.— Mr Philbrick, for the re- spondent, argued that it was sufficient that there was some evi- dence from which the justices might infer that the appellants had been unlawfully in pursuit of game, and that the court would not inquire into the quantity of the evidence. It was clear in this case that there was some evidence.— The Lord Chief Justice said that he was of opinion that all the appellants except Melbourne had been properly convicted, and therefore that the decision as to the otherthreeappellantsmustbeaffirmed. The statute enacted thatifa constable met persons on the highway, and had reasonable cause to suspect them of having game which they had unlawfully ob- tained, he might search them; and if he found upon them game, or instruments for taking game, he might take them before jus- tices, and the justices might commit, if they should find that the parties had obtained such same by unlawfully going on land in search of game, or had used any instrument for unlawfully taking game, or had been accessory thereto. In his judgment three of these appellants had been convicted properly, although there were no eye witnesses to say that they had been upon any land ; and his opinion was based upon the familiar principle that magistrates had a right to apply the ordinary rules of evidence; and if there was evidence from which they could infer that an offence had been committed, they had the same right to draw the inference from the circumstances as any other tribunal had. This remark was one which it was almost too obvious fer him to make. The circumstances in reference to three of the appellants were such that the magistrates might fairly infer that they had committed the offence in question.— Decision affirmed as to three of the ap- pellants, and overruled in reference to Melbourne. It was stated in the course of the argument that this was the first occasion on which the new statute had been brought before a, superior court for construction.—[ We doubt whether it will be the last.— ED.] SHOCKING OCCURRENCE.— AS the driver of a Hansom cab, named Allen Stowell, was on Monday morning leaving the South Western terminus in the Waterloo- road his horse tripped and fell at the bottom of the incline, and he was pitched over the top o the vehicle, and thrown head foremost against a four- wheeled cab standing in the road. His skull was fractured, and death was instantaneous. LIVERPOOL POULTRY AND PIGEON SHOW.— The ninth annual show of poultry and pigeons was opened at Liverpool on Wed- nesday, in Lucas's Rooms, which were better filled than ever, both as to quantity and quality. There were 469 pens, and the general display, particularly of game birds, was far above the average of previous shows. Printed and Published by WILLIAM CHARLES CLEMENT, at the Office, iro. Strand, in the Parish of St. Clement Danes, in the City and Liberty of Westminster.- SUNDAY, JAN. 25, 1863,